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Basic information
Pantherophis emoryi
Great Plains Rat Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyColubrids
GenusNorth American rat snakes
- Czech name
- Užovka Emoryho
- English name
- Great Plains Rat Snake
- Alternative names
- Užovka prériová, Great Plains Ratsnake, Präriekornnatter, Ratonera de Emory, Slowinski ’s Cornsnake [slowinskii], Slowinski-Kornnatter [slowinskii], Southern Plains Rat Snake, Southern Plains Rat Snake [meahllmorum]
- Synonyms
- Coluber laetus, Coluber rhinomegas, Elaphe guttata meahllmorum, Elaphe laeta intermontanus, Elaphe quivira, Pantherophis emoryi meahllmorum, Scotophis calligaster, Scotophis emoryi
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 1,530 mm
- Body mass
- max 345.1 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~8.5 g
- Offspring total length
- max 325 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 21.1 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Foraging mode
- Mixed
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 3–30 individuals
- Clutches per year
- ~1 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6TM64 · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 17042 · dryad-v5