Fox snake

Description

Fox snake or foxsnake is the common name given to some North American rat snakes of the genus Pantherophis. It is generally agreed that there are two such species, but three candidate species names have arisen for them:Pantherophis gloydi, originally described by Conant in 1940, merged with P. vulpinus in 2011 Pantherophis vulpinus, originally described by Baird & Girard in 1853 Pantherophis ramspotti, originally described by Crother, White, Savage, Eckstut, Graham & Gardner in 2011