Black snake

Black snake may refer to:

Snakes:

• Pseudechis, any member of a genus of venomous elapids snakes found in Australia
• Coluber constrictor, a non-venomous colubrid species found in North America
• Elaphe obsoleta, a.k.a. the black rat snake, a non-venomous colubrid species found in North America
• Crotalus oreganus, a.k.a. the Northern Pacific rattlesnake, a venomous rattlesnake species found in North America
• Agkistrodon piscivorus, a.k.a. the cottonmouth, a venomous pitviper species found in North America

Other:

• A type of whip
• Black snake, a type of firework
• Chainbreaker (1760-1859), a Seneca chief also known as Governor Blacksnake
• Blacksnake (Shawnee), a leader in the defeat of Colonel William Crawford's army during the Crawford expedition of 1782
• Black Snake (film), made in 1973 and directed by Russ Meyer
• Black Snake, Kentucky
• A criminal Know Nothing gang in Baltimore, Maryland