# Fox snake

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thumb|300px|Western Fox Snake

'''Fox snake''' or '''foxsnake''' is the common name given to some North American [rat snake](/source/rat_snake)s of the genus ''[Pantherophis](/source/Pantherophis)''. It is generally agreed that there are two such species, but three candidate species names have arisen for them:
* ''[Pantherophis gloydi](/source/Pantherophis_gloydi)'' (eastern fox snake), originally described by Conant in 1940, merged with ''P. vulpinus'' in 2011
* ''[Pantherophis vulpinus](/source/Pantherophis_vulpinus)'' (foxsnake or western fox snake or eastern fox snake), originally described by Baird and Girard in 1853
* ''[Pantherophis ramspotti](/source/Pantherophis_ramspotti)'' (western fox snake), originally described by Crother, White, Savage, Eckstut, Graham and Gardner in 2011

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Category:Colubridae
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