
Great Plains Ratsnake
A juvenile found on a cloudy day. Juveniles like this one are difficult to differentiate with Pantherophis obsoletus (Western Ratsnake). The primary things to note that makes this species different is a fully connected spearpoint at the top of the head as well as those dark bands (visible above) behind the eyes that run past the mouth. In the Western Ratsnake they only go to the mouth.

''Pantherophis emoryi'', commonly known as the Great Plains rat snake, is a species of nonvenomous rat snake native to the central part of the United States, from Missouri to Nebraska, to Colorado, south to Texas, and into northern Mexico.
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