Gray Ratsnake

Gray Ratsnake

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Gray Ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides) with its tongue out on tree branch 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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