CONFUSING SPECIES: Adults of this species are often confused with adult eastern ratsnakes, however, the latter has a breadloaf-shaped body in cross section, keeled scales middorsally, and varying amounts of white on the flat venter. Juvenile Eastern Ratsnakes have an eye-jaw stripe, a checkerboard pattern on the venter, and usually, irregular blotches with anterior and posterior projections on the corners. Black phase Heterodon platirhinos are short and stocky compared to C. constrictor and they have a broader head with an unturned snout.*10760*