Rat Snake Yellow basic information

The Yellow Ratsnake grows from about four and a half feet in length to over six feet! They have keeled scales and range from bright yellow to dun, with four longitudinal stripes of dark brown or black. Yellow Ratsnakes have black tongues. Juveniles may be blotchy in color with pale or absent stripes, but as they grow they develop stripes and lose the blotching. Usually Yellow Ratsnakes are about two inches in diameter.