Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus)

On a dirt road near a dense mixed forest edge.

I would have gotten closer, but I had a puppy on a leash that I didn't want to get bit!

comments (5)

Christine Young

Lion

Your road is so rocky! Does Snorri react to snakes or other wildlife? Posted 5 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  This rocky section is a portion which we had chert added to recently. Road repairs are expensive!
  
  And as for reacting to wildlife, not so far. His prey drive is extremely low from what we can tell. He does like to chase butterflies and other insects, however. Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Cutteee that he chases bugs! All this time, I had no idea what chert was. I thought it was just dirt.
    
    Posted 5 years ago

DebRich

Lion

I little scary! Posted 5 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  Not at all! It was quite docile. Posted 5 years ago

The Corn snake

The corn snake, or red rat snake, is a North American species of rat snake that subdues its small prey by constriction. The name "corn snake" is a holdover from the days when southern farmers stored harvested ears of corn in a wood frame or log building called a crib. Rats and mice came to the corn crib to feed on the corn, and corn snakes came to feed on the rodents. The Oxford English Dictionary cites this usage as far back as 1676.

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards

Species identified by Flown Kimmerling