Western fox snakes mate in the spring. The female lays 10 to 20 eggs in mid to late summer. The young hatch in late summer to fall. Newly hatched western fox snakes are 8 to 12 inches long.
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Western Fox Snake
(Elaphe vulpina)
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The Western Fox Snake is blotched with light brown to black spots. The head is brown or reddish. The belly underside is yellow and checkered with black.
The Western Fox Snake (Elaphe vulpina) and the Eastern Fox Snake (Elaphe gloydi). The western species having a darker ground and head color and having an average of 41 blotches on the body.
Range and Status: The western fox snake is found in the Upper Peninsula, where it is often called a "pine snake.
This is a subspecies of the western fox snake common to Wisconsin and adjacent states, several hundred miles away.
 See also: Fox snake, Fox, Snake, Rat, Rat snake
  
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