The black rat snake color variation has a more northerly range, however, and can be found within the same range, just north ...

Their natural habitat typically extends from Connecticut to South Carolina and as far west as Kansas and Oklahoma. Thankfully the eastern rat snake is largely harmless to humans as it prefers to ...

"We thank the reptile specialists at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium for identifying the Frick Park snake as a Black Rat Snake ... and put it into a safer habitat," said Pittsburgh Public ...

Last year, museum staff spotted a 2-meter-long beauty rat snake while clearing an area near the park’s edge. The snake was relocated to a suitable habitat nearby, per CNA. The newly found snake skin, ...