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Trans-pecos Ratsnake

Bogertophis subocularis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 95, February 91, March 103, April 196, May 120, June 157, July 86, August 61, September 64, October 68, November 89, December 86.
United States1,315
Texas1,076
New Mexico239
Mexico43
Chihuahua23
Coahuila de Zaragoza11
Nuevo Leon6
Durango3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusBogertophis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Trans-pecos Ratsnake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.