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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A snake that escaped from its enclosure at the Great Plains Nature Center turned up in an unlikely place. According to the center’s Facebook page, a rat snake was able ...
Western Rat snakes are found along river and stream floodplains as-well-as other habitats also frequented by the Great Plains Rat snake. The Western Rat snake is a common backyard snake in urban ...
The Great Plains Ratsnake, also known as the Emory’s Ratsnake, is one of three species of the ratsnake genus that occurs in Texas, and it is the smallest of the three.
Great Plains Ratsnakes are primarily nocturnal, meaning they are active during the nighttime hours. Many are seen crossing paved roads during their hunting forays.
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Great Plains Nature Center Director of Educational Programs Emily Davis brought in a Great Plains ratsnake to KSN’s Wild Side on Tuesday afternoon. “His name is Mickey ...
"This guy's a big rat trap," Jeremy Sloan of Greenwood said, displaying a long, gray, diamond-patterned Great Plains rat snake to a room packed with children Aug. 27 at the Witt Stephens Jr ...
There are two kinds of rat snakes in the Skiatook area, the Black Rat Snake and the Great Plains Rat Snake, but the black rat snake is by far the more common. Rat snakes are nonvenomous. The black ...
The photo depicts a big honkin’ Great Plains Rat Snake, chillin’ out, maxin’, relaxin all cool on a fairly large swathe of tunnel. For those worried about the SAWS employee who snapped the ...
"This guy's a big rat trap," Jeremy Sloan of Greenwood said, displaying a long, gray, diamond-patterned Great Plains rat snake to a room packed with children Aug. 27 at the Witt Stephens Jr ...