Yellow rat snake: Gray eyes and skin with irregular shaped dark brown spots along the back and head. The gray skin parts are very pale, almost white.
Everglades rat snake: Gray, but with a mottled pinkish hue and much more regular shaped spotting. The spots are lighter brown with a slight dark brown outlining, and repeat horizontally in regular increments along the back. Also, the spaces between the spots are brownish hue, rather than a white-ish gray, like the yellow rat snake.
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Corn snakes are one of several species of North American rat snakes. There closest relatives would be the Eastern Rat snakes (such as Black, Everglades, Gray, Texas, and Yellow Rat snakes), Fox Snakes, and Baird's Ratsnake. Depending upon who you ask, some people consider the Great Plains Rat Snake either a subspecies of Corn Snake, or a separate species.
Baby rat snakes should be fed every 4 to 6 days while adults will do well on adult mice or rat fuzzies fed every 7 to 10 days
The Timber Rattlesnake can reach lengths of up to five feet, but the Black Ratsnake which is much more common have been known to exceed eight feet in length and are the largest native serpent in West Virginia.
Hard to tell for sure without seeing a picture, but it could be either a Black Ratsnake or a Coachwhip, neither of which is poisonous. But do not assume any snake is non-poisonous without a positive identification.
According to "Reptiles and Amphibians" by Mark O'Shea and Tim Halliday, it is related to the Dharaman Ratsnake. Feel free to add on whoever is reading this.
Yes, there are a variety of snake species that live in Vermont. According to the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian atlas this includes: North American Racer, Timber Rattlesnake (very rare), Ring-necked Snake, Milksnake, Northern Watersnake, Smooth Greensnake, Eastern Ratsnake, DeKay's Brownsnake, Red-bellied Snake, Eastern Ribbonsnake, and of course, the Common Gartersnake.
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Black rat snakes will rattle their tails to simulate a rattlesnake and will strike if provoked far enough. If the snake happens to be on dry leaves, it will sound just like a rattlesnake. The gopher snake also will use this behavior when threatened.
There are four types of venomous snakes that live in Iowa. However, you are not likely to encounter any of them. They are the Timber Rattlesnake, Prairie Rattlesnake, Massasauga Rattlesnake and Copperhead.
Most snakes will bite in self-defense, including milk snakes, but that does not necessarily make them dangerous. Milk snakes are not rattlesnakes, though they do rattle their tails, and are not poisonous. A milk snake's bite it an irritation at most.