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title: "Eastern Foxsnake"
description: "Pantherophis vulpinus — Reptielen. Pantherophis vulpinus, commonly known as the foxsnake or the eastern fox snake, is a species of nonvenomous rat snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/eastern-foxsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Foxsnake

> Pantherophis vulpinus — Reptielen. Pantherophis vulpinus, commonly known as the foxsnake or the eastern fox snake, is a species of nonvenomous rat snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Pantherophis vulpinus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 6020
- Wikidata: [Q5080520](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5080520)
- iNaturalist taxon: [320680](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320680)

## Names

- en: Eastern Foxsnake
- de: Östliche Fuchsnatter
- es: Culebra Ratonera Zorro

## Countries with the most observations

US (2967), CA (2456)

## Summary

Pantherophis vulpinus, commonly known as the foxsnake or the eastern fox snake, is a species of nonvenomous rat snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantherophis_vulpinus

## Photo

![Eastern Foxsnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-foxsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allan Harris · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18266518

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-foxsnake?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).