Photo of a Baird's Rat Snake (Pantherophis bairdi)
Photo: Diana-Terry Hibbitts, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Baird's Rat Snake

Pantherophis bairdi

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Pantherophis
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Common

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About

Baird's Rat Snake (Pantherophis bairdi) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in United States. It lives in habitats such as subtropical forest, broadleaf forest, pine forest, forest edges and 10 more. Common: recorded in 143 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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