Different species of rat snakes can have four black stripes running down their backs, especially the yellow rat snake.

This species can also be identified by a dark stripe that runs through ... Due different variations of colors within coral snake species, the rhyme "red on yellow, kill a fellow; Red on black ...

DESCRIPTION: The giant garter snake reaches up 64 inches in length. Individual snakes vary in color from brownish to olive, with a checkered pattern of black spots, a yellow stripe down the center of ...