Gray Ratsnake

Gray Ratsnake

R3080101

Gray Ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides) with its tongue out, 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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