Sentence examples for rat snake from inspiring English sources
noun
Any of many medium to large colubrid constrictors of a kind found through a great portion of the Northern Hemisphere, primarily feeding on rodents and birds.
See also racer; rat snake.
(For the similar black rat snake, see rat snake).
The copperhead of India is a rat snake, Elaphe radiata.
"George is being a disgusting little rat snake," declared Richard Kim of the Nation.
The Mandarin rat snake is an Asian species which can grow to about 1.4m.
It was home to a double-headed Texas rat snake named Janus from 1978 until its death in 1995.
The Indian, or greater, rat snake (Ptyas mucosus) may be more than 2.5 m (8 feet) long.
Rat snake, any of between 40 and 55 species of the genus Elaphe, of the family Colubridae and similar forms.
There was my friend MacRae Dunn, an avid hunter and fisherman, whose last post on Facebook had had something to do with a rat snake.
One of the 5 nest failures was due to predation by a large adult tiger rat snake (Spilotes pullatus) that consumed the nestlings.
After seeing photos of the snake, three snake and wildlife experts said they believe it was likely a juvenile black rat snake.
