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    Species Accepted

    Pantherophis alleghaniensis (Holbrook, 1836)

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 3 countries or islands

      3 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BahamasNo
      Saint Kitts and NevisNo
      Turks and Caicos IslandsNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      21 results
      Black Rat Snake English
      Cobra-rateira-negra Portuguese
      Eastern Rat Snake English
      Eastern Rat Snake (alleghaniensis) English
      Erdnatter German
      Everglades Ratsnake English
      Everglades Ratsnake (rossalleni) English
      Graue Pilotnatter (spiloides) German
      Gray Rat Snake (spiloides) English
      Grå Rottesnog Danish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      116 results
      FLOWERS, JAMES R. & JEFFREY C. BEANE. (2021). Helminths of the Eastern Rat Snake, Pantherophis alleghaniensis Holbrook (Squamata: Colubridae), from North Carolina, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology 88(2): 145–151.
      Peters, Ashley S., Evan Lawrence and Kay Stone. (2016). Pantherophis spiloides (Gray Ratsnake) Diet. Herpetological Review 47 (2): 314.
      Knight, J. L., & Fields, S. E. (2023). Geographic distribution: Pantherophis alleghaniensis (Eastern Ratsnake). USA: South Carolina: Edgefield Co. Herpetological Review 54 (4): 601-602.
      Blouin-Demers, Gabriel, Laura P. G. Bjorgan and Patrick J. Weatherhead. (2007). Changes in habitat use and movement patterns with body size in black ratsnakes, Elaphe obsoleta. Herpetologica 63 (4): 421-429.
      Schmidt, D., & Kunz, K. (2005). Ernährung von Schlangen. Natur Und Tier Verlag, Münster, 159 Pp.
      Burt, Charles E. (1935). Further records of the ecology and distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the middle west. American Midland Naturalist 16 (3): 311-336.
      STEVENSON, DIRK J. et al. (2021). New County Records for Amphibians and Reptiles in Georgia, USA. Herpetological Review 52 (2): 350-359.
      DeGregorio, Brett A.; Jinelle H. Sperry, and Patrick J. Weatherhead. (2021). Factors Influencing the Use of Water-Filled Tree Cavities by Eastern Ratsnakes (Pantherophis alleghaniensis). Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 16(1):
      Hastings, Alexander K. . (2010). Pantherophis alleghaniensis: Diet. Herpetological Review 41 (3): 371.
      Lillywhite, Harvey B. (2014). How Snakes Work: Structure, Function and Behavior of the World’s Snakes. Oxford University Press, New York, 256 Pp.

      Citation

      Pantherophis alleghaniensis (Holbrook, 1836) in undefined