The Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus) looks like the Copperhead, though it has a slender build, brighter color, and lacks a heat-sensing pit. Its name comes from the color of its belly, resembling variegated corn kernels or their preference for grain stores. The corn snake belongs to the family Colubridae, native to North America, and prefers forest openings, overgrown fields, trees, and abandoned houses or farms. These diurnal snakes are also called red rat snakes and do not take care of their eggs and prefer both ground and arboreal dwellings. Moderate size, docile nature, attractive patterns mixed with non preference to biting makes them an ideal pet snake.
The Corn Snake has an overall length between 2’-6’ (.61-1.83 m), body width of roughly .6”-1.4” (1.5-3.5 cm), and weight from 1-2 lb (.45-.9 kg). The typical lifespan of the Corn Snake is between 10-23 years.
The Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus) looks like the Copperhead, though it has a slender build, brighter color, and lacks a heat-sensing pit. Its name comes from the color of its belly, resembling variegated corn kernels or their preference for grain stores. The corn snake belongs to the family Colubridae, native to North America, and prefers forest openings, overgrown fields, trees, and abandoned houses or farms. These diurnal snakes are also called red rat snakes and do not take care of their eggs and prefer both ground and arboreal dwellings. Moderate size, docile nature, attractive patterns mixed with non preference to biting makes them an ideal pet snake.
The Corn Snake has an overall length between 2’-6’ (.61-1.83 m), body width of roughly .6”-1.4” (1.5-3.5 cm), and weight from 1-2 lb (.45-.9 kg). The typical lifespan of the Corn Snake is between 10-23 years.