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The Great Plains Rat Snake (Elaphe guttata emoryi) has large brown blotches on a gray background. Adult snakes, which are typically smaller than the Texas Rat Snake, are 3 to 4 feet long.
This snake feeds on rodents and birds.
The Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimerii) is probably the most common large snake found in Texas. The snake is often given the common name “chicken snake,” probably because of of it’s fondness for eggs, particularly a hen’s eggs. This snake is often misidentified for several reasons.
This snake will vibrate its tail, and depending [...]
The Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platyrhinos)is easily identified by its upturned snout. The Eastern Hognose is a very stout-bodied snake with brown blotches on a background that can vary from light tan to gray. Color can vary substantially between the habitats that this snake lives in. This is also a very unique snake with very [...]
The Bullsnake (Pituophis catenfer sayi) is a large snake, averaging 4 to 6 feet in length when mature. Bullsnakes have brown blotches that are almost square on a background of light brown to almost yellow in some cases.
This snake is capable of hissing very loudly and they do constrict their prey, which consists mostly [...]
