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Chicken Snake (other)
Chicken snake may refer to: * ''Pantherophis alleghaniensis'', the eastern rat snake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in North America * ''Pantherophis guttatus'', the corn snake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in North America * ''Pantherophis obsoletus'', the black rat snake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in North America * ''Pantherophis spiloides'', the gray rat snake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in North America * '' Pituophis m. melanoleucus'', the northern pine snake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in North America * ''Spilotes pullatus'', a colubrid snake endemic to the Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeog .... {{disambiguation Animal common name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantherophis Alleghaniensis
The gray ratsnake or gray rat snake (''Pantherophis alleghaniensis''), also commonly known as the black ratsnake, central ratsnake, chicken snake, midland ratsnake, or pilot black snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the genus ''Pantherophis'' in the subfamily Colubrinae. The gray ratsnake is one of about ten species within the American ratsnake genus ''Pantherophis''. Description A medium to large serpent, the gray ratsnake typically reaches an adult size of total length (including tail); however, the record is . Unlike other ''Pantherophis'', whose conspicuous juvenile pattern fades into adulthood, the gray ratsnake in the southern part of its range does not undergo drastic ontogenetic changes in color or markings. Instead, it retains the juvenile pattern of dark elongate dorsal blotches separated by four, or more, pale gray body scales, a light gray crown with dark striping that forms an anteriorly facing spearpoint, and a solid band which covers the eyes and extends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantherophis Guttatus
The corn snake (''Pantherophis guttatus''), sometimes called red rat snake is a species of North American rat snake in the family Colubridae. The species subdues its small prey by constriction. It is found throughout the southeastern and central United States. Though superficially resembling the venomous copperhead (''Agkistrodon contortrix'') and often killed as a result of this mistaken identity, the corn snake lacks functional venom and is harmless. The corn snake is beneficial to humans because it helps to control populations of wild rodent pests that damage crops and spread disease. Nomenclature The corn snake is named for the species' regular presence near grain stores, where it preys on mice and rats that eat harvested corn (maize). The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' cites this usage as far back as 1675, whilst other sources maintain that the corn snake is so-named because the distinctive, nearly-checkered pattern of the snake's belly scales resembles the kernels of vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. No subspecies are recognized as valid. Its color variations include the Texas rat snake.''Pantherophis obsoletus'' The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. Along with other snakes of the eastern United States, like the (''Drymarchon couperi)'' and the |
Pantherophis Spiloides
''Pantherophis'' is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes endemic to central and eastern regions of North America. It consists of the North American ratsnakes, the foxsnakes, and the cornsnakes. The genus, which contains 10 recognized species, first appeared in the fossil record in the Middle Miocene around 16.3 million years ago. They are a large terrestrial snake genus that lack subocular scales. Originally classified in the genus '' Elaphe'', phylogenetic studies have found this taxon to be closely related to '' Pituophis''. As with all snakes ''Pantherophis'' is an obligate faunivore with a diet that consists of small mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and even insects. While many species' conservation status is categorized as "least concern", many local populations in some species have declined where some places have them listed as federally protected. The corn snake (''P. guttatus'') is a popular pet reptile, due to the availability of captive-bred animals, their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pituophis Melanoleucus
''Pituophis melanoleucus'', Common name, commonly known as the eastern pine snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the Family (biology), family Colubridae. The species is native to the southeastern United States. Three subspecies are traditionally recognized as being valid, though taxonomic changes may be occurring. Taxonomy and etymology The pine snake, ''Pituophis melanoleucus'', gets its Specific name (zoology), specific name from the Latin roots ''melano-'' meaning black and ''leucus'' meaning white. This is in reference to its black-and-white body. Following an influential study that occurred in 2000, three subspecies of ''Pituophis melanoleucus'' have been recognized: * Subspecies#Nominotypical subspecies and subspecies autonyms, Nominate subspecies ''Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus, P. m. melanoleucus'' (François Marie Daudin, Daudin, 1803), the northern pine snake; * ''Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi, P. m. lodingi'' Frank N. Blanchard, Blanchard, 1924, the bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spilotes Pullatus
''Spilotes pullatus'', commonly known as the chicken snake, tropical chicken snake, or yellow rat snake, is a species of large nonvenomous Colubridae, colubrid snake Endemism, endemic to the Neotropical realm, Neotropics. Taxonomy Subspecies Including the nominotypical subspecies, the following five subspecies are recognized: * ''S. p. pullatus'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 1758) * ''S. p. anomalepis'' Marie Firmin Bocourt, Bocourt, 1888 * ''S. p. argusiformis'' :fr:Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Amaral, 1929 * ''S. p. maculatus'' Amaral, 1929 * ''S. p.'' ''mexicanus'' (Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, Laurenti, 1768) Geographic range It is found in southern Mexico, Central America, northern and central South America, and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. Description Adults may attain a maximum total length of . Dorsally, ''S. pullatus'' is black with yellow spots which may form crossbands. The tip of the snout is yellow. The head shields may be mostly yellow, or mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from , 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest fossil species of the family date back to the Late Eocene epoch, with earlier origins suspected. Colubrid snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica. Description Colubrids are a very diverse group of snakes. They can exhibit many different body styles, body sizes, colors, and patterns. They can also live in many different types of habitats including aquatic, terrestrial, semi-arboreal, arboreal, desert, mountainous forests, semi-fossorial, and brackish waters. A primarily shy and harmless group of snakes, the vast majority of colubrids are not venomous, nor do most colubrids produce venom that is medically significant to mammals. However, the bites of some can escalate quickly to emergency situations. Furthermore, within the Colubridae, the South African boomslang and twig snakes, as well as the Asian keelback snakes (' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snake
Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors and relatives, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads ( cranial kinesis). To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most only have one functional lung. Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca. Lizards have independently evolved elongate bodies without limbs or with greatly reduced limbs at least twenty-five times via convergent evolution, leading to many lineages of legless lizards. These resemble snakes, but several common groups of legless lizards have eyelids and external ears, which snakes lack, althoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or, in scientific literature, as an ''endemite''. Similarly, many species found in the Western ghats of India are examples of endemism. Endemism is an important concept in conservation biology for measuring biodiversity in a particular place and evaluating the risk of extinction for species. Endemism is also of interest in evolutionary biology, because it provides clues about how changes in the environment cause species to undergo range shifts (potentially expanding their range into a larger area or b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neotropical Realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate climate, temperate zone. Definition In biogeography, the Neotropic or Neotropical realm is one of the eight terrestrial realms. This realm includes South America, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and southern North America. In Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula and southern lowlands, and most of the east and west coastlines, including the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula are Neotropical. In the United States southern Florida and coastal Central Florida are considered Neotropical. The realm also includes temperate southern South America. In contrast, the Neotropical Phytochorion, Floristic Kingdom excludes southernmost South America, which instead is placed in the Antarctic Floristic Kingdom, Antarctic kingdom. The Neo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
