Snakes
Eastern Ratsnake
Pantherophis spiloides - Juvenile Eastern Rat Snake 106-183 cm (large snake); record 256.5cm
- Adults darken to a black color, in some a faint blotched pattern may be seen
- throat white
- belly grey-brown wash
- Juvenile snakes are light grey with grey-brown blotches on body and tail. And the head is speckled with white and black.
- scales weakly keeled; anal scale divided
- lays eggs
- THREATENED - Frontenac Axis Population
- ENDANGERED - Carolinian Population
