Meaning | Any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia. |
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Narrower | Indian rat snake, Ptyas mucosus | Enter buildings in pursuit of prey |
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black rat snake, blacksnake, pilot blacksnake, mountain blacksnake, Elaphe obsoleta | large harmless shiny black North American snake |
chicken snake | large North American snake |
corn snake, red rat snake, Elaphe guttata | large harmless snake of southeastern United States |
Broader | colubrid snake, colubrid | Mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial / terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes |
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