Let’s take a closer look at 13 of these charmingly yellow snakes. The yellow rat snake has a mustard yellow body with thin brown or black stripes along its length. Occasionally it may also be ...

While neither bright yellow nor venomous, this black snake is a formidable predator in its own right. Excellent at controlling rodent populations, rat snakes often live in barns and fields, where they ...

Chicken snakes, such as the yellow rat snake (Spilotes pullatus), are nonvenomous, larger snakes that can reach lengths of nearly 9 feet (2.7 meters). The dorsal scales, head shields and belly ...