Rolf Nussbaumer / Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) with mouth open in defense posture, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Texas rat snake {Elaphe obsoleta lindheimerii} Texas, USA.

Karine Aigner / Texas rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimeri) amongst flowers. Texas, USA. March.

Chris Mattison / Yellow ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittata) juvenile on white background, occurs in Florida

Clay Bolt / Tourists photographing Yellow Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoleta quadravittata) Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia, USA, May 203.,

MYN / Karine Aigner / Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsolete lindheimeri) Texas, USA, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Karine Aigner / Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsolete lindheimeri) Texas, USA. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Karine Aigner / Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsolete lindheimeri) Texas, USA. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Karine Aigner / Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsolete lindheimeri) Texas, USA, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Michael D. Kern / Scaleless Texas rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) captive, from Southern USA

Barry Mansell / Cross between Yellow and Gray rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta) Perdeto key, Florida, USA

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Chicken / Yellow rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis / Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata), juvenile, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, May. meetyourneighbours.net project