Corn Snake in ZOO Hodonin 2012, Czech Republic
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The corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus guttatus), or red rat snake, is a North Americn 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. Corn snakes are found thro...
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Summary
- Common name
- Corn Snake
- Latin name
- Elaphe guttata
Scientific classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Pantherophis |
| Species: | Elaphe guttata |
Also known as (English)
- Red Rat Snake
- Red corn snake
Also known as (Latin)
- Coluber rosaceus
- Coluber pantherinus
- Coluber molossus
- Coluber maculatus
- Coluber guttatus sellatus
- Coluber guttatus
- Coluber floridanus
- Coluber compressus
- Coluber carolinianus
- Callopeltis guttatus
Size
- Length:
- from 3,9 to 6 ft.
Biological data
- Life span:
- from 6 to 8 years