North American Ratsnakes
Pantherophis
Pantherophis is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes endemic to North America and Central America, commonly called ratsnakes or rat snakes. All are powerful constrictors and help control rodent populations. Some taxonomic classification systems have accepted the proposed classification, while others have not.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Eastern/Central Ratsnake Complex
complexPantherophis alleghaniensis
Western Ratsnake
speciesPantherophis obsoletus
Red Cornsnake
speciesPantherophis guttatus
Eastern Foxsnake
speciesPantherophis vulpinus
Great Plains Ratsnake
speciesPantherophis emoryi
Western Foxsnake
speciesPantherophis ramspotti
Baird's Ratsnake
speciesPantherophis bairdi
Slowinski's Cornsnake
speciesPantherophis slowinskii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59649.