![]() ![]() ( Harding, 1997 Morris, 1944) Contributors This is one of the largest snake species in Michigan (Harding 1997). When the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus first described and named this species in 1758, he may have had it confused with the Black Rat Snake ( Pantherophis obsoletus), which is a true constrictor (Morris, 1944). The species name "constrictor" would lead one to think this is a constricting snake.
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