Pantherophis quadrivittatus

Biological Overview

Habitat
Forest, low to the ground areas, farming areas, places on the coast.

Diet
They eat rodents, birds, eggs, and lizards.

Role in Ecosystem
Top predators; eaten by foxes, racoons, domestic cats, and owls.

Behavior
Climbing, Kinks up like a stick when sensing danger, hide in bushes, almost impossible to remove from a nest against will.

Human Impact

Human impacts on this organism: Human impact has affected yellow rat snakes with good and bad things. With some good things being human removal, rehabilitation, education about the snake, so people know they are usually harmless. Some bad impacts can be they get kill by traffic, misguided killing, and interaction risks. Another problem is beneficial coexistence.

Creative Exploration

The master of mimicking
But not too intimidating
As long as a train
Just like its name
The master of climbing
Maybe the master of timing
Can infiltrate a nest
But it’s because their the best
Always lurking with the wisp
Of their hiss
Lives in green
With its senses keen
Eats a rat to get fat
Narrow head just like an arrowhead
Bumpy scales doesn’t mean it’s a male
With its camouflage it has no flaws
With a black tongue it is the one

Addy Freeze, John Fox, Christopher Murillo Fernandez

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