Do Rat Snakes Make Good Pets?
Keeping Rat Snakes Taxonomy All the rat snakes listed below used to belong to a Super Genus Elaphe, consisting of around 40 species of snake. The snakes belonging to the genus Elaphe, have recently been…
Yellow Rat Snake Care Sheet
The yellow rat snake originates from the US. This snake has been commonly available in the pet trade for decades . Yellow rat snakes breed readily in captivity, so finding a hatchling is not difficult.…
Rat Snakes Part II
This is the second part in my Rat Snake series and will cover European Rat Snakes. There is a great diversity of European Rat snake species that are suitable to keep in captivity. However they…
Rat Snakes Part I
This is the first article in a series of three and will cover North American Rat Snakes. Part II will cover European Rat Snakes. Below is a list of North American Rat snakes species/subspecies that…