---
title: "Great Plains Ratsnake"
description: "Pantherophis emoryi — Reptielen. Pantherophis emoryi, commonly known as the Great Plains rat snake, is a species of nonvenomous rat snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/great-plains-ratsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Great Plains Ratsnake

> Pantherophis emoryi — Reptielen. Pantherophis emoryi, commonly known as the Great Plains rat snake, is a species of nonvenomous rat snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Pantherophis emoryi*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 5420
- Wikidata: [Q1897560](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1897560)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73884](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73884)

## Names

- en: Great Plains Ratsnake
- de: Prärie-Kornnatter
- es: Culebra ratonera de las planicies

## Countries with the most observations

US (4224), MX (575)

## Summary

Pantherophis emoryi, commonly known as the Great Plains rat snake, is a species of nonvenomous rat snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the central part of the United States, from Missouri to Nebraska, to Colorado, south to Texas, and into northern Mexico.

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

## Photo

![Great Plains Ratsnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-plains-ratsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dillon Alexander · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130023926

## Machine access

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