The western rat snake can be found over most of Oklahoma, save for the Panhandle. Its range includes the eastern half of Texas and all of Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and the eastern ...

A non-venomous, two-headed snake’s statewide journey has come to a halt after the reptile underwent major surgery this month. Tiger-Lily, the rare western rat snake with two heads, was set to ...

The nearly 7-year-old two-headed western rat snake is currently on loan from the Shepard of the Hills Preserve in Branson, Missouri.

On May 21, a woman in Oklahoma was driving when a 4-foot rat snake crawled onto her windshield. The local police were called to remove it, and they later identified it to be a Western rat snake ...

Texas rat snakes—also known as the western rat snake, black rat snake, or pilot black snake—are found primarily in the southern U.S., particularly in Texas and neighboring states.

Tiger-Lily, a two-headed western rat snake, is on view through the end of February at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center in St. Louis County.

Stock image of a black rat snake. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS "The snake is a Black Rat Snake, Pantherophis obsoletus," u/Marty_the_Cat told Newsweek via direct message.

KIRKWOOD, Mo. (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Veterinarians at a zoo in Missouri successfully performed a major surgery on a very rare animal. Tiger-Lily, a two-headed Western rat snake, was being cared ...

A non-venomous, two-headed snake's statewide journey has come to a halt after the reptile underwent major surgery this month. Tiger-Lily, the rare western rat snake with two heads, was set to ...

A two-headed western rat snake named Tiger-Lily received ovary removal surgery at Saint Louis Zoo Endangered Species Research Center and Veterinary Hospital in Missouri.

A two-headed western rat snake named Tiger-Lily planned to leave the Powder Valley Nature Center this month to tour around Missouri until wildlife naturalist Lauren Baker discovered the snake had ...