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

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Caninana / Black and yellow rat snake (Spilotes pullatus) in tree, Tableland Atlantic Rainforest of Vale Natural Reserve, municipality of Linhares, Esparito Santo State, Eastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Caninana / Black and yellow rat snake (Spilotes pullatus) on ground, Tableland Atlantic Rainforest of Vale Natural Reserve, municipality of Linhares, Espa­rito Santo State, Eastern Brazil.

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

John Cancalosi / Tropical / Yellow rat snake (Spilotes pullatus) Costa Rica

John Cancalosi / Tropical / Yellow rat snake (Spilotes pullatus) Costa Rica

John Cancalosi / Tropical / Yellow rat snake (Spilotes pullatus) head, Costa Rica

John Cancalosi / Tropical / Yellow rat snake (Spilotes pullatus) Costa Rica

Barry Mansell / Yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata) North Florida, USA

Pete Oxford / Yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata) on tree trunk, USA, captive

Pete Oxford / Yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata) The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve, Telfair County, Georgia, USA, captive

Pete Oxford / Yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata) The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve, Telfair County, Georgia, USA, captive

Pete Oxford / Yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata) The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve, Telfair County, Georgia, USA, captive

John Cancalosi / Black and Yellow Rat Snake (Spilotes pullatus) in strike pose, a defensive display. Costa Rican tropical rainforest.

John Cancalosi / Black and Yellow Rat Snake (Spilotes pullatus) in strike pose, a defensive display. Costa Rican tropical rainforest.

Pete Oxford / Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata), native to coastal regions of eastern United States

Nick Garbutt / Red tailed Rat snake (Gonyosoma oxycephalum), on rocks, watched by Nick Garbutt. Gomantong Cave, Sabah, Borneo.

Steven David Miller / Yellow rat snake {Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata} Corkscrew Swamp, Florida, USA

Pete Oxford / Black and yellow snake / Tiger rat snake {Spilotes pullatus pullatus} in bush, Amazonia, Ecuador

MORLEY READ / Black and yellow rat snake (Spilotes pullatus) crawling along tree trunk in amazonia rainforest, Ecuador

MORLEY READ / Black and yellow rat snake head, Ecuador

John Cancalosi / Yellow rat snake swallowing rat (Elaphe obsoleta)