The Trans-Pecos rat snake (Bogertophis subocularis) is a medium to large (1.0 - 1.7 m), nonvenomous rat snake native to the Chihuahuan Desert, that extends northward into Texas. It has a row of small scales (suboculars) between the lower border of the eye and the upper labials. This is a beautiful snake, yellow to tan dorsally with a series of black or dark brown H-shaped markings. The eyes are large and prominent, light-colored with contrasting round black pupils.
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| - The Trans-Pecos rat snake (Bogertophis subocularis) is a medium to large (1.0 - 1.7 m), nonvenomous rat snake native to the Chihuahuan Desert, that extends northward into Texas. It has a row of small scales (suboculars) between the lower border of the eye and the upper labials. This is a beautiful snake, yellow to tan dorsally with a series of black or dark brown H-shaped markings. The eyes are large and prominent, light-colored with contrasting round black pupils.
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| - B. subocularis
- subocularis
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| - (Brown, 1901)
- (Reynolds & Scott, 1977)
- Coluber subocularis
- Elaphe subocularis
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| - The Trans-Pecos rat snake (Bogertophis subocularis) is a medium to large (1.0 - 1.7 m), nonvenomous rat snake native to the Chihuahuan Desert, that extends northward into Texas. It has a row of small scales (suboculars) between the lower border of the eye and the upper labials. This is a beautiful snake, yellow to tan dorsally with a series of black or dark brown H-shaped markings. The eyes are large and prominent, light-colored with contrasting round black pupils.
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