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Yucatan Rat Snake

Pseudelaphe phaescens

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 Mexico.January 8, February 12, March 11, April 14, May 11, June 17, July 16, August 15, September 18, October 8, November 11, December 6.
Mexico147
Quintana Roo85
Yucatan58
Campeche4

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
GenusPseudelaphe

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Yucatan Rat Snake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.