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The corn snake is named for the species' regular presence near grain stores, where it preys on mice and rats that eat harvested corn (). [9]The Oxford English Dictionary cites this usage as far back as 1675, whilst other sources maintain that the corn snake is so-named because the distinctive, nearly-checkered pattern of the snake's belly scales resembles the kernels of variegated corn.
The Great Serpent Mound is a 1,348-feet-long (411 m), three-feet-high prehistoric effigy mound located in Peebles, Ohio.It was built on what is known as the Serpent Mound crater plateau, running along the Ohio Brush Creek in Adams County, Ohio.
Corn snake: Pantherophis guttatus: Colubridae: Apparently secure (S4) Northern pine snake: Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus: Colubridae: Possibly extirpated: Queen snake: Regina septemvittata: Colubridae: Secure (S5) DeKay's brown snake: Storeria dekayi: Colubridae: Secure (S5) Red-bellied snake: Storeria occipitomaculata: Colubridae: Secure ...
Slowinski's corn snake is likely similar in temperament to its sister-species, the Great Plains rat snake, which is very tame. Slowinski's corn snake relies mainly on camouflage for defense and rarely bites. This species feeds primarily on small mammals and birds. Prey, when caught, is constricted and consumed. Presumably, it follows an ...
In addition to winning People's Choice Best in Show, Diane Fairey's "Corn Snake Enjoying the Salty Air" was tops in the Fabulously Florida category.
Rattlesnakes in the United States are very venomous; the Black Mamba is an extremely venomous snake in southern Africa. But what about the strongest snakes? Snakes that can wrap around a 150-pound ...
Lampropeltini is a tribe of colubrid snake endemic to the New World.These include the kingsnakes, milk snake, corn snake, gopher snakes, pine snakes, and bullsnakes.At least 51 species have been recognized and the group have been heavily studied for biogeography, morphology, ecology, and phylogenetics.
Copperbelly water snake: Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta: Non-venomous Corn snake: Pantherophis guttatus: Non-venomous DeKay's brown snake: Storeria dekayi: Non-venomous Diamondback water snake: Nerodia rhombifer: Non-venomous Eastern garter snake: Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis: Non-venomous Eastern hognose snake: Heterodon platirhinos: Venomous ...