Many of these snakes live in urban or neighborhood settings in the city of Minneapolis. Duméril, 1854) Eastern fox snake, P. vulpinus (Baird & Girard, 1853) Pseudelaphe spp. long (Harding 1997). Minnesota has an abundance of snakes, from venomous pit vipers like copperheads or rattlers, to harmless snakes like rat snakes and garter snakes. Similar Species: Young Western Fox Snakes are very similar in appearance to young Western Rat Snakes, but have brown or copper colored eyes and blotches that are less jagged in appearance. Adults range from 94-183 cm (37-72 in.) Identifying Minnesota’s Venomous Snakes Only two of the seventeen snake species found in Minnesota are venomous.
long (Oldfield and Moriarty 1994). The picture at the top of the page shows a pair of Garter Snakes. The Minnesota record is a female from Wabasha County that measured 188 cm (74 in.) For those of you with BIG, hungry snakes, Pets To Go offers the rat club. A western rat snake, Pantherophis obsoletus, from Mills County, Iowa. Gopher snakes are muscular, long serpents that can be intimidating because of their size; however, but there’s little to fear because they are nonvenomous. We are happy that you have decided to adopt a Rat. The identification of these species is further simplified by the fact that both of these snakes are rare in Minnesota, and are only found in the southeastern part of the state. A juvenile western rat snake I found on the road just before a storm had eaten a gray treefrog (LeClere, 1996). As the most common snakes, they also are the focus of the snake identification guide. Its color variations include the Texas ratsnake. It makes a great pet, especially for people in North America and Europe. Most pets arrive at shelters because the owner had to move, could no longer afford the pet, had a death in the family, or simply gave up the responsibly of being a care taker for a Rat. In Minnesota, western Wisconsin, and northeastern Iowa (at least), they do not use that cover nearly as much. A Gray rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta) at Monte Sano State Park in northern Alabama. The rat club is a $30 cost, and is punched according to the size rat purchased. Description: 48 - 72 inches. Young Western Rat Snakes are light colored with dark blotches, and have silver colored eyes. Snake removal Yes, Nuisance Bat and Wildlife Control does remove snakes; most of the service calls are for Bull snakes or Fox snakes or one of the Garter snakes.

Rat snakes are members – along with kingsnakes, milk snakes, vine snakes and indigo snakes – of the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.