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Western Foxsnake vs. Great Plains Ratsnake

Both are blotched, keeled-scaled snakes of the plains. The Western Foxsnake has a plain yellowish, brown or reddish head with no marks on top and no line through the eye, on a yellowish ground with large dark brown blotches. The Great Plains Ratsnake has a dark spearpoint between the eyes, made by two neck stripes meeting, and a dark line from the eye to the angle of the jaw, on a grey ground.

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Western Foxsnake

Pantherophis ramspotti

Great Plains Ratsnake

Pantherophis emoryi
Western Foxsnake vs. Great Plains Ratsnake: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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