ratsnake

(Offhand don't know if this part of Indiana has bullsnakes, but that would be more likely than a ratsnake.)

Archive 2008-09-01 2008

They called professionals, who said it might be a large exotic snake or a large native ratsnake.

Archive 2008-09-01 2008

Representative snakes include the Trans-Pecos ratsnake (Elaphe subocularis), Texas blackheaded snake (Tantilla atriceps), and whipsnakes (Masticophis taeniatus and M. flagellum lineatus).

Chihuahuan desert 2008

Our visitor turned out to be a copperhead ratsnake elaphe radiata -- "jin3 she2" in Mandarin.

Archive 2006-09-01 Michael Turton 2006

Our visitor turned out to be a copperhead ratsnake elaphe radiata -- "jin3 she2" in Mandarin.

Snake! Michael Turton 2006

It was probably a garter snake, but could have been a small ratsnake or something else.

There are snakes, on the floor! yendi 2005

Ranging from genus level such as Elaphe (which actually contained animals such as the radiated ‘ratsnake’ that turned out to be racers) to family (such as Colubridae which it turned out contained multiple family level divisions, some of which it turned out were much closer to cobras that corn snakes)

In the, "it's so sad, it's funny" category today... - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Gene Wolfe harmed a mouse, had postponed getting the ratsnake he needed again and again, visualizing the suffering of'rats.

Nightside The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1993

Do us all a favor and drop dead, you conniving ratsnake!

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

I wouldn't be at all surprise if that ratsnake Santorum is cashing in on the killing over there!

ABC News: Top Stories 2012