Eastern Rat Snake
Pantherophis alleghaniensis
- Class
- Reptile
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Pantherophis
- Also known as
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Eastern Rat Snake research
23 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →
- Inter- and intraspecific variation in mercury bioaccumulation by snakes inhabiting a contaminated river floodplain.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2013 · cited 19 times
- Snake co-occurrence patterns are best explained by habitat and hypothesized effects of interspecific interactions.
The Journal of animal ecology · 2013 · cited 18 times
- Feeding Ecology of the Snake Community of the Red Hills Region Relative to Management for Northern Bobwhite: Assessing the Diet of Snakes Using Stable Isotopes
Copeia · 2014 · cited 12 times
- Patterns of snake road mortality on an isolated barrier island.
RUNE (Research UNE) · 2010 · cited 12 times
- Ameloblastoma in a wild black rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis).
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2015 · cited 11 times
- Operating Body Temperatures in a Snake Community of Northern Virginia
Northeastern Naturalist · 2014 · cited 9 times
- Venous hematology, biochemistry, and blood gas analysis of free-ranging Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) and Eastern Ratsnakes (Pantherophis alleghaniensis).
PloS one · 2020 · cited 8 times
- Species Composition and Temporal Patterns of Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions in Southwest Virginia, USA
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) · 2018 · cited 3 times
Eastern Rat Snake natural history notes
Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.
Diet
Katherine E. Bemis and Rachel Keeffe · 2019 · Herpetological Review 50(4): 808–809 · Read the note
Jairo José Zocche · 2017 · Herpetological Review 48(1): 217–218 · Read the note
Diet and foraging behavior
2014 · Herpetological Review 45(1): 146 · Read the note
Foraging
Luke Smith and Andrew M. Durso · 2017 · Herpetological Review 48(4): 865 · Read the note
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