Spilotes pullatus

Spilotes pullatus
Caninana at Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park, Brazil.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Spilotes
Species:
S. pullatus
Binomial name
Spilotes pullatus
Synonyms
  • Coluber pullatus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Tyria pullata Fitzinger, 1826
  • Spilotes pullatus Wagler, 1830

Spilotes pullatus, commonly known as the chicken snake, tropical chicken snake, or yellow rat snake, is a species of large nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the Neotropics.