Rat snakes
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96000435
- info:lc/authorities/sh96000435
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh96000435#concept
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Variants
- Ratsnakes
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Sources
- found: Work cat.: 95-50351: Bartlett, R.D. Corn snakes and other popular rat snakes, 1996:CIP p. 7 (rat snake is used generically to describe unrelated snakes that feed on rats; when used by Americans and Europeans, the term refers to rat-eating constrictors of the genus Elaphe; with new research, the American rat snakes are now split into 3 genera: Elaphe, the typical rat snakes (corn, black, and Baird's); Bogertophis, the Trans-Pecos and Baja Calif. rat snakes; and Senticolis, the green rat snakes)
- found: Web. 3(rat snake: any of numerous rat-eating colubrid snakes)
- found: Atlas of snakes of the world, 1991:p. 226 (ratsnakes)
- found: Mehrtens, J.M. Living snakes of the world, 1987:p. 82, etc. (several genera of Colubrids are commonly called "ratsnakes")
- found: LC database, Jan. 19, 1996(rat snakes)
LC Classification
- QL666.O636
Change Notes
- 1996-01-19: new
- 2005-08-02: revised
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