Elaphe obsoleta (Texas Rat Snake)
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RAT
SNAKE Elaphe obsoleta (Say, 1823)
STATUS: Abundant
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: Wylie area, 2.5 mi
SW Farmersville, 9 mi N Plano on FM 2478, near Elm Creek Park at Lake
Lavon, near Brockdale Park at Lake Lavon, Parkhill Prairie, near Murphy,
and 1 mi S Copeville; Dallas
Co.: Skillman Ave. at White Rock Creek, gravel pits W of
Carrollton, Mt. Creek Lake area, Magic Valley Ranch near Cedar Hill, 3 mi
S of Camp Wisdom Rd. on Belt Line Rd., near Miller Rd. in Rowlett, 5 mi S
Grand Prairie, and Spring Creek area N of Garland;
Denton Co.: 5
mi E Denton on US 380; Ellis
Co.: North shore of Bardwell Lake;
Hood Co.: 3.1
mi W of Tolar on US 377; Johnson
Co.: 3.6 mi S of Park Rd.
21 on US 67, 9.1 mi N of FM 933 on FM 174, 5.5 mi SE of Godley on Tx 171,
3 mi SW of Venus on US 67, 4 mi NW of Keene on US 67, and 2 mi S of
Cleburne on FM 174; Kaufman
Co.: 2 mi S of I-20 on FM
429; Parker Co.: 4 mi S of Aledo, near Horseshoe Bend, and 6.1 mi N of FM 2580
on Bethel Rd.; Rockwall
Co.: 3 mi S Royce City on
FM 548; Somervell Co.:
12.6 mi S of Park Rd. 21 on US 67, 1.2 mi W of US 67 on Tx 144, and
3.5 mi E of Glen Rose on US 67; Tarrant
Co.: River Legacy Parks
in NW Arlington, near Bear Creek S of Wheatland, federal fish hatcheries
at Lake Worth, below Grapevine Lake dam, Clear Fork of the Trinity River
at US 377, E shore of Lake Arlington, Benbrook-Aledo Rd., Euless area, and
open area S of Forum 303 Mall in Arlington;
Wise Co.: Black
Creek Lake Park, Lyndon B. Johnson Nat'l Grasslands NW of Decatur, and 2
mi W of Bridgeport on US 380
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell,
Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: all habitat
areas
SUBSPECIES: Texas Rat
Snake [E. o. lindheimeri (Baird & Girard, 1853)]
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