🐍Pantherophis obsoletus
Pantherophis obsoletus, also known commonly as the western rat snake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, is a nonvenomous species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to central North America west of the Mississippi River. No subspecies are recognized as being valid. Its color variations include the Texas rat snake. Along with other snakes of the eastern United States, like the eastern indigo snake and the eastern racer, it is called "black snake".
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 1.28 kg
- Body length
- 2.56 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 34 years
Everything we know about the Pantherophis obsoletus
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.28 kgmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length2.56 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan34 yearsmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Pantherophis obsoletus yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classSquamata
- ›familyColubridae
- ›genusPantherophis
- ›speciesPantherophis obsoletus
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- genusPantherophis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- genusPantherophis
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