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- with dark
edges on
several dorsal scales. As they mature,
rhinoceros ratsnakes change color to
steel grey at
about 12–14 months, then to a
bluish green...
- The
European ratsnake or
leopard snake (Zamenis situla), is a
species of
nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Europe, Asia Minor, and the Caucasus...
-
carinata among living colubrid snakes.
Despite their large size,
oriental ratsnakes are
usually quite slender with even a
specimen of 2 m (6 ft 7 in) commonly...
- eat
other small reptiles and amphibians. ****ually
mature female Persian ratsnakes lay
clutches of 4–8 eggs,
which hatch after 45–55 days of incubation....
- more
likely to use the
water cavities than non-gravid
females or male
ratsnakes.
Gravid females prefer edge
habitat more
extensively than
males and non-gravid...
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