Gray Ratsnake

Gray Ratsnake

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Gray Ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides) on a rail fence in Murphy's Point Provincial Park, Ontario. COSEWIC has designated the two Canadian populations of this Canada's largest snake an Endangered species (Carolinian Population) and Threatened (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population).

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