Non poisonous snakes common here are Garter and
Black Rat snakes.
The difference is
black rat snakes do not have fangs, just small teeth.
The other predators:
black rat snake (1 predatory event), red - shouldered hawk: (1), rat or chipmunk (7), and «Avian predation» (1).
Not exact matches
Other American
rat snakes, which range in color from yellow to
black to grey to greenish, can be variable in personality, with some of them being little assassins.
Bogertophus subocularis, the Trans - Pecos
rat snake, is a Southwestern specie that rivals the Baird's for beauty and personality, with an outstandingly strong adult saddle pattern of
black against a yellowish - tan background.
Two standouts from Asia are the Mandarin ratsnake, a small and stunning beauty with a striking
black and yellow pattern against a grey background, and Ridley's cave ratsnake, a large but sweetly dispositional
snake with a silvery grey color and a propensity for eating bats (don't worry, they adjust beautifully to a diet of
rat pups).