Louisiana records
Western Ratsnake in Louisiana
HarmlessPantherophis obsoletus
Yes. The Western Ratsnake has been recorded in 60 Louisiana counties. It is non-venomous (harmless). Long-bodied with weakly keeled scales; blotched, striped, or solid depending on species.
Louisiana counties with Western Ratsnake records
60 listed- Rapides
- Jefferson
- Ouachita
- Caddo
- Saint Martin
- Bossier
- Natchitoches
- Lafayette
- Vermilion
- Calcasieu
- Vernon
- Saint Landry
- East Baton Rouge
- Avoyelles
- Jefferson Davis
- Cameron
- Lincoln
- Plaquemines
- Iberia
- Orleans
- Iberville
- Grant
- Madison
- Terrebonne
- Saint James
- Allen
- Evangeline
- Union
- Sabine
- Jackson
- De Soto
- Winn
- Saint Charles
- Morehouse
- Lafourche
- La Salle
- Concordia
- Bienville
- Beauregard
- Tensas
- Saint Mary
- Acadia
- Webster
- West Baton Rouge
- Saint Tammany
- Assumption
- Red River
- Livingston
- Catahoula
- Saint John the Baptist
- Richland
- Franklin
- West Feliciana
- Pointe Coupee
- Claiborne
- West Carroll
- Washington
- Tangipahoa
- East Carroll
- Caldwell
See the full Western Ratsnake profile or all snakes in Louisiana.