Central ratsnake (English Wikipedia)

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Burbrink, Frank T.; Gehara, Marcelo; McKelvy, Alexander D.; Myers, Edward A. (2021). "Resolving spatial complexities of hybridization in the context of the gray zone of speciation in North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex)". Evolution. 75 (2): 260–277. Bibcode:2021Evolu..75..260B. doi:10.1111/evo.14141. PMID 33346918.
Howze, Jennifer M.; Sash, Kimberly J.; Carroll, John P.; Smith, Lora L. (2019). "A regional scale assessment of habitat selection and home range of the eastern rat snake in pine-dominated forests". Forest Ecology and Management. 432: 225–230. Bibcode:2019ForEM.432..225H. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.018.
Howze, Jennifer M.; Smith, Lora L. (2021). "The influence of prescribed fire on site selection in snakes in the longleaf pine ecosystem". Forest Ecology and Management. 481 118703. Bibcode:2021ForEM.48118703H. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118703.
Cerreta, Anthony J.; Cannizzo, Sarah A.; Smith, Dustin C.; Minter, Larry J. (2020). "Venous hematology, biochemistry, and blood gas analysis of free-ranging Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) and Eastern Ratsnakes (Pantherophis alleghaniensis)". PLOS ONE. 15 (2) e0229102. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1529102C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229102. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7021292. PMID 32059022.
Penning, David A.; Moon, Brad R. (2017). "The king of snakes: performance and morphology of intraguild predators (Lampropeltis) and their prey (Pantherophis)". Journal of Experimental Biology. 220 (6): 1154–1161. Bibcode:2017JExpB.220.1154P. doi:10.1242/jeb.147082. PMID 28298469.
Fitch, Henry S. (1963). "Natural History of the Black Rat Snake (Elaphe o. obsoleta) in Kansas". Copeia. 1963 (4): 649–658. Bibcode:1963Copei1963..649F. doi:10.2307/1440967. JSTOR 1440967.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Hammerson, G.A. (2019). "Pantherophis spiloides ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T90069659A90069671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T90069659A90069671.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Burbrink, Frank T.; Gehara, Marcelo; McKelvy, Alexander D.; Myers, Edward A. (2021). "Resolving spatial complexities of hybridization in the context of the gray zone of speciation in North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex)". Evolution. 75 (2): 260–277. Bibcode:2021Evolu..75..260B. doi:10.1111/evo.14141. PMID 33346918.
Howze, Jennifer M.; Sash, Kimberly J.; Carroll, John P.; Smith, Lora L. (2019). "A regional scale assessment of habitat selection and home range of the eastern rat snake in pine-dominated forests". Forest Ecology and Management. 432: 225–230. Bibcode:2019ForEM.432..225H. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.018.
Howze, Jennifer M.; Smith, Lora L. (2021). "The influence of prescribed fire on site selection in snakes in the longleaf pine ecosystem". Forest Ecology and Management. 481 118703. Bibcode:2021ForEM.48118703H. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118703.
Tillett, William L.; Noble, Elizabeth J.; Powers, John R.; Stubbs, Amber A.; Thompson, Morgan L.; Tipton, Anna F.; DeSantis, Dominic L. (2025). "Revisiting the Energetics Hypothesis: Accelerometry Reveals Hidden Variation in the Movement Behavior of Snakes with Differing Foraging Modes". Herpetologica. 81 (1). doi:10.1655/Herpetologica-D-24-00030.
Cerreta, Anthony J.; Cannizzo, Sarah A.; Smith, Dustin C.; Minter, Larry J. (2020). "Venous hematology, biochemistry, and blood gas analysis of free-ranging Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) and Eastern Ratsnakes (Pantherophis alleghaniensis)". PLOS ONE. 15 (2) e0229102. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1529102C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229102. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7021292. PMID 32059022.
Penning, David A.; Moon, Brad R. (2017). "The king of snakes: performance and morphology of intraguild predators (Lampropeltis) and their prey (Pantherophis)". Journal of Experimental Biology. 220 (6): 1154–1161. Bibcode:2017JExpB.220.1154P. doi:10.1242/jeb.147082. PMID 28298469.
Fitch, Henry S. (1963). "Natural History of the Black Rat Snake (Elaphe o. obsoleta) in Kansas". Copeia. 1963 (4): 649–658. Bibcode:1963Copei1963..649F. doi:10.2307/1440967. JSTOR 1440967.

fhsu.edu (Global: low place; English: low place)

webapps.fhsu.edu

Burbrink, Frank T.; Pyron, R. Alexander; Gehara, Marcelo; McKelvy, Alexander D.; Myers, Edward A. (2021). "The corrected taxonomic history of the North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex)" (PDF). Herpetological Review. 52 (3): –547.

georgiawildlife.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Keeping Georgia Wildlife as Pets". georgiawildlife.org. Georgia Wildlife.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

iucnredlist.org (Global: 39^th place; English: 71^st place)

Hammerson, G.A. (2019). "Pantherophis spiloides ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T90069659A90069671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T90069659A90069671.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

Fitch, Henry S. (1963). "Natural History of the Black Rat Snake (Elaphe o. obsoleta) in Kansas". Copeia. 1963 (4): 649–658. Bibcode:1963Copei1963..649F. doi:10.2307/1440967. JSTOR 1440967.

michigan.gov (Global: 4,340^th place; English: 2,226^th place)

"Gray ratsnake". Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Burbrink, Frank T.; Gehara, Marcelo; McKelvy, Alexander D.; Myers, Edward A. (2021). "Resolving spatial complexities of hybridization in the context of the gray zone of speciation in North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex)". Evolution. 75 (2): 260–277. Bibcode:2021Evolu..75..260B. doi:10.1111/evo.14141. PMID 33346918.
Cerreta, Anthony J.; Cannizzo, Sarah A.; Smith, Dustin C.; Minter, Larry J. (2020). "Venous hematology, biochemistry, and blood gas analysis of free-ranging Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) and Eastern Ratsnakes (Pantherophis alleghaniensis)". PLOS ONE. 15 (2) e0229102. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1529102C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229102. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7021292. PMID 32059022.
Penning, David A.; Moon, Brad R. (2017). "The king of snakes: performance and morphology of intraguild predators (Lampropeltis) and their prey (Pantherophis)". Journal of Experimental Biology. 220 (6): 1154–1161. Bibcode:2017JExpB.220.1154P. doi:10.1242/jeb.147082. PMID 28298469.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Cerreta, Anthony J.; Cannizzo, Sarah A.; Smith, Dustin C.; Minter, Larry J. (2020). "Venous hematology, biochemistry, and blood gas analysis of free-ranging Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) and Eastern Ratsnakes (Pantherophis alleghaniensis)". PLOS ONE. 15 (2) e0229102. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1529102C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229102. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7021292. PMID 32059022.

ontarionature.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Gray Ratsnake". Ontario Nature.

reptarium.cz (Global: 506^th place; English: 455^th place)

reptile-database.reptarium.cz

Species Pantherophis alleghaniensis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

reptile-database.org (Global: 4,914^th place; English: 2,976^th place)

Species Pantherophis alleghaniensis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

sararegistry.gc.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Species at Risk Public Registry – Species Profile (Gray Ratsnake)". Sararegistry.gc.ca. Archived from the original on June 10, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-24.

species.wikimedia.org (Global: 974^th place; English: 474^th place)

Hammerson, G.A. (2019). "Pantherophis spiloides ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T90069659A90069671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T90069659A90069671.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Burbrink, Frank T.; Pyron, R. Alexander; Gehara, Marcelo; McKelvy, Alexander D.; Myers, Edward A. (2021). "The corrected taxonomic history of the North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex)" (PDF). Herpetological Review. 52 (3): –547.
Tillett, William L.; Noble, Elizabeth J.; Powers, John R.; Stubbs, Amber A.; Thompson, Morgan L.; Tipton, Anna F.; DeSantis, Dominic L. (2025). "Revisiting the Energetics Hypothesis: Accelerometry Reveals Hidden Variation in the Movement Behavior of Snakes with Differing Foraging Modes". Herpetologica. 81 (1). doi:10.1655/Herpetologica-D-24-00030.

ssarherps.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Pantherophis Fitzinger, 1843 – North American Ratsnakes". Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence In Our Understanding (6.1 ed.). 24 May 2011.

ufl.edu (Global: 880^th place; English: 578^th place)

floridamuseum.ufl.edu

"Gray Ratsnake". Florida Snake ID Guide. Retrieved 2024-06-02.

usgs.gov (Global: 119^th place; English: 145^th place)

DeGregorio, Brett Alexander; Sperry, J.H.; Weatherhead, P.J. (2022). "Factors influencing the use of water-filled tree cavities by eastern ratsnakes (Pantherophis alleghaniensis)". Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 16 (1): 173–182. Retrieved 2026-04-23.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Species at Risk Public Registry – Species Profile (Gray Ratsnake)". Sararegistry.gc.ca. Archived from the original on June 10, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-24.

wi.gov (Global: 4,974^th place; English: 2,357^th place)

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"Gray ratsnake". Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

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Cerreta, Anthony J.; Cannizzo, Sarah A.; Smith, Dustin C.; Minter, Larry J. (2020). "Venous hematology, biochemistry, and blood gas analysis of free-ranging Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) and Eastern Ratsnakes (Pantherophis alleghaniensis)". PLOS ONE. 15 (2) e0229102. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1529102C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229102. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7021292. PMID 32059022.

youtube.com (Global: 13^th place; English: 14^th place)

Ontario Wildlife Series video – via YouTube.

Central ratsnake (English Wikipedia)

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species.wikimedia.org (Global: 974th place; English: 474th place)

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reptarium.cz (Global: 506^th place; English: 455^th place)

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