rat snake

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Elaphe guttata, corn snake, red rat snake

large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms

Elaphe obsoleta, black rat snake, blacksnake, mountain blacksnake, pilot blacksnake

large harmless shiny black North American snake

chicken snake

large North American snake

Indian rat snake, Ptyas mucosus

enter buildings in pursuit of prey

Type of:

colubrid, colubrid snake

mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes