Rat snakes are black,yellow and gray. black ones are from new england.they are harmless.
I believe you are refering to a black rat snake.
It;s probably a gardner snake. A lot of them are tan with stripes.
A big yellow snake is typically referred to as a Burmese python. They are one of the largest snake species and can reach lengths of over 20 feet.
It's body colouring is a deep shade of yellow - and its main diet is rats (and other small rodents) !
The Yellow Rat Snake is a scary animal. It begins with the letter y.
Black rat snakes can range in size from 5' to 8' in size but, normally they'll reach lengths in the range of 5' to 6'.
Rats... that's why it's called a rat snake.
There is no recognised species called a 'brown rat snake' - HOWEVER - Members of the Rat snake family are constrictors - not venomous.
That depends. The term black snake can apply to many different species of snake. The black rat snake, Pantherophis obsoletus, sometimes called the black snake, is indeed a rat snake.
Corn snakes are one of several species of North American rat snakes. There closest relatives would be the Eastern Rat snakes (such as Black, Everglades, Gray, Texas, and Yellow Rat snakes), Fox Snakes, and Baird's Ratsnake. Depending upon who you ask, some people consider the Great Plains Rat Snake either a subspecies of Corn Snake, or a separate species.
The longest black snake in North America is named the black rat snake. The record size recorded of this black rat snake is eight feet in length. Which makes the black rat snake is the record longest.