Great Plains Ratsnake vs. Prairie Kingsnake
Both are tan or grey snakes with brown blotches of the southwest Illinois bluffs. The Great Plains Ratsnake has a pair of dark stripes on the neck that join into a spearpoint between the eyes, larger blotches, weakly keeled scales, and a white belly boldly checkered with black; the Prairie Kingsnake has smooth, glossy scales, many small reddish-brown blotches edged in black, a dark line from the eye back along the head but no spearpoint, and a plain or lightly marked yellowish belly.
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