The well-known copperhead is often mistaken for lesser-known species of nonvenomous snakes. One common snake that is ...

Daren Riedle / Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks ... Riedle said the most common species he gets calls about is the western rat snake. The Western Ratsnake, also called the Black Snake ...

When I arrived in Kansas City early last year ... “Sometimes when a common non-venomous snake, like a rat snake, vibrates his tail and he’s hitting leaves, that can sound sometimes like ...

Kansas City is the snakes’ last stop on their ... said he’s not sure how common it is for snakes to be conjoined. But western rat snakes are found in every county in Missouri.

A two-headed rat snake named Tiger-Lily will be traveling to different nature centers in Missouri while her home site is under construction, conservation officials announced Jan. 16. Missouri ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo ... Tiger-Lily, the conjoined and identical western rat snake twins, will be at Burr Oak Woods Nature Center in Blue Springs, Missouri on Saturday and will stay there for ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation says its famous two-headed snake, Tiger-Lily, is set to travel to the Kansas City area on her statewide tour. Tiger-Lily, a western rat snake, is set to ...