The eastern rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) is a serpent of many names, including black rat snake and chicken snake. The nickname "chicken snake" comes from its habit of raiding chicken ...

The black rat snake goes by many names, including the black chicken snake, black Coluber, black pilot snake, and the eastern ...

The milk snake is harmless. The largest species in New York is the black rat snake, reaching lengths of eight feet! These largely black-colored snakes are found primarily along cliffs and rocky slopes ...

Twitchy, the black rat snake, consumes a frozen rat. In the wild, rat snakes typically live 10 to 15 years, but Twitchy has ...