The Texas rat snake is not a protected animal and is an exotic species.

The Texas rat snake likes to inhabit forests, farmland, jungles, and outskirts, and is good at climbing trees. Feeds on a variety of small and medium mammals, mainly rodents, but also preys on other snakes, chipmunks, squirrels, birds, and also eats bird eggs.

Although the Texas rat snake is huge, it can grow to They are more than two meters tall, but they are docile, non-venomous snakes that have been kept as pets in many areas.