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The gray ratsnake, aka gray rat snake, black ratsnake, chicken snake, central ratsnake, midland ratsnake, or pilot black snake, is a nonvenomous colubrid that can be found in midwestern and eastern United States and a small portion of southeastern Canada. They are threatened by habitat loss and destruction at the […]

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