Great Plains Ratsnake (Pantherophis emoryi)

Created: January 9th, 2010 - 08:52 AM
Last Modified: July 26th, 2010 - 08:52 AM Entered by: Chris Harrison
Record 35273

Country: United States		State: Texas	County: El Paso County	Time: 1990-04-30 00:00:00
Qty: 3	Age: Varying	Sex: Both	Method: Artificial cover flipping	Habitat: residential neighborhood
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Notes

Found 3 of these snakes in backyard chicken pens in a few minutes search.
Thought to be rare in the El Paso area. There were only a few DOR records for the previous decade or more.

Vouchers

Specimen deposited at The Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso