The black rat snake goes by many names, including the black chicken snake, black Coluber, black pilot snake, and the eastern ...

This long snake can grow over 6 feet long and is easily confused with the eastern garter snake. Rat snakes are slightly more ...

Snakes’ metabolisms slow way down in cold weather, Zarlenga said, and they’re at the mercy of the temperatures around them as ...

Louis region are nonvenomous, including the black rat snake, the ring-necked snake and the Eastern garter snake, Dan Zarlenga, St. Louis region spokesperson with the Missouri Department of ...