Corn Snake
Elaphe guttata
Photo by JD Willson
Description: Corn snakes are rather large snakes distinguished by squarish blotches of red on an orange, brown or gray background. Alternating rows of smaller blotches run along their sides.
Corn Snake
(Elaphe guttata guttata)
DESCRIPTION: Also known as the "red rat snake", this is a stout, medium-sized snake that grows to lengths of 30-48 in. (76-122 cm). It is red to orange in color, although there is individual variation.
Corn Snake
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Elaphe guttata
Description: A medium-sized to rather large snake attaining a maximum length of about 72 inches.
Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata)
Description: Adults 36" to 60" in length. Color light gray or grayish brown, with dorsal row of 42 - 55 dark brown blotches edged in darker brown or black. Two rows of similar but smaller blotches on sides.
Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata)
Moore Co., NC 3/14/07.
The strikingly patterned head of the same snake.
Corn Snakes
Family: Colubridae
Some of the most beautiful snakes are Corn Snakes! ...
Corn Snake
Relatives in same Genus
Baird's Rat Snake (E. bairdi)
Emory's Rat Snake (E. emoryi)
Common Rat Snake (E. obsoleta)
Texas Rat Snake (E. obsoleta lindheimeri)
Western Fox Snake (E. vulpina) ...
Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata)
No photo of the Corn Snake available.
The Corn Snake is from the order Squamata. Species from this order are amphisbaenians, lizards or snakes.
Corn snakes are primarily diurnal. They readily climb trees and enter abandoned buildings in search of prey. However, they are very secretive and spend most of their time underground prowling through rodent burrows.
Corn Snake Stats
Scientific Name: Pantherophis (Elaphe) guttata
Family: Colubridae
Adult Size: 4 to 6 feet
Range: Covers most of the eastern United States as far north as New Jersey and west into parts of Utah and Colorado.
The corn snake in Louisiana is a story all by itself. East of the Mississippi River, which is only a small portion of the state, identification of this species is easy. West of the Mississippi River it gets a little confusing sometimes.
Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted ...
Eastern Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus)
Description
Habitats
Habits and Life History
Prey and Hunting Techniques ...
Eastern corn snake, corn snake, red rat snake, chicken snake
KINGDOM:
Animalia ...
Caring for Corn Snakes
Elaphe guttata
Is It A Corn Or A Rat!?
Corn and Rat snakes both belong to the genus Elaphe; Corns belong to the species Elaphe guttata; many of the rat snakes are subspecies of Elaphe obsoleta.
Corn snakes are probably the easiest and most suitable snakes to keep in captivity since they are gentle, but not shy and retiring. They are also hardy and breed well in captivity.
INTERPRETIVE INFORMATION: ...
Genus Elaphe (corn snakes, fox snakes, and rat snakes)
Genus Elapoidis
Genus Elapomorphus (diadem snakes) ...
Predators include corn snakes, rat snakes, owls, and opossums. Ongoing Recovery Locating and protecting key cave roosts is important, ...
The authors also observed a corn snake (Elaphe guttata guttata) killing a hispid cotton rat just after the rat was released from a trap. The snake apparently had been waiting on the runway where the trap had been set [38].
Kingsnake and the corn snake are probably the first two snakes to be bred in quantity in captivity. Did you know that when they were first available, they were purchased for $400+ each! Shows what captive production can do.
Milk Snakes are much more opportunistic eaters than the fox snake or corn snake. They have been known to consume a variety of animals including rodents, eggs, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates.
Their most important predators appear to be rat snakes, corn snakes, opossums, and certain species of owls. Large cockroaches may prey on newborn young that fall to the ground.
Photo credit: Merlin D. Tuttle, Bat Conservation International.
That is not to say the Bloods are a great beginner python however. I certainly do feel that the Blood pythons are a hearty, predictable, easy to handle snake, but you have to maintain perspective, these are still by no means corn snakes.
Similarly, the Pinelands hosts the northernmost population of the Corn Snake. The most common snake of the Pinelands may be the Northern Water Snake.
In degraded forests, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker is more susceptible to predation and to competition with other woodpecker species like the Red-bellied Woodpecker. Rat snakes, corn snakes, southern flying squirrels, screech owls, ...
 See also: Snake, Reptile, Rat, Rat snake, Lizard
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