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The Trans-Pecos rat snake (Bogertophis subocularis) is a medium to large (1.0 - 1.7 m), nonvenomous rat snake native to the Chihuahuan Desert, that extends northward into Texas. It has a row of small scales (suboculars) between the lower border of the eye and the upper labials. This is a beautiful snake, yellow to tan dorsally with a series of black or dark brown H-shaped markings. The eyes are large and prominent, light-colored with contrasting round black pupils.

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  • Bogertophis subocularis
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  • The Trans-Pecos rat snake (Bogertophis subocularis) is a medium to large (1.0 - 1.7 m), nonvenomous rat snake native to the Chihuahuan Desert, that extends northward into Texas. It has a row of small scales (suboculars) between the lower border of the eye and the upper labials. This is a beautiful snake, yellow to tan dorsally with a series of black or dark brown H-shaped markings. The eyes are large and prominent, light-colored with contrasting round black pupils.
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Kingdom
  • Animalia
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Species
  • B. subocularis
  • subocularis
Title
  • Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
Genus
  • Bogertophis
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  • At the Houston Zoo
Suborder
Image
  • Trans-Pecos Rat Snake.jpg
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binomial
  • Bogertophis subocularis
synonyms
  • (Brown, 1901)
  • (Reynolds & Scott, 1977)
  • Coluber subocularis
  • Elaphe subocularis
Family
Order
classis
Phylum
  • Chordata
abstract
  • The Trans-Pecos rat snake (Bogertophis subocularis) is a medium to large (1.0 - 1.7 m), nonvenomous rat snake native to the Chihuahuan Desert, that extends northward into Texas. It has a row of small scales (suboculars) between the lower border of the eye and the upper labials. This is a beautiful snake, yellow to tan dorsally with a series of black or dark brown H-shaped markings. The eyes are large and prominent, light-colored with contrasting round black pupils.
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