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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.
Indigenous species include one species of crocodilian, 12 lizard species, 49 snake species, and 31 turtle species. Three native species have possibly been extirpated from the state. These include the eastern indigo snake , southern hognose snake and the mimic glass lizard .
The United States has about 30 species of venomous snakes, which include 23 species of rattlesnakes, three species of coral snakes, and four species of American moccasins. Although at least one species of venomous snake is found in every state except Hawaii, Maine, and Alaska.
This rare white gray ratsnake, sometimes called a chicken snake, was discovered in Bay St. Louis in 2023. Like the copperhead, gray ratsnakes are among the most commonly encountered snakes in ...
When startled, the gray ratsnake, like other ratsnakes, stops and remains motionless with its body held in a series of wave-like kinks. The snake will also rattle its tail against whatever it is lying on, making an audible buzzing sound; this is intended to fool a potential threat into thinking that they've encountered a rattlesnake. The gray ...
Spilotes pullatus, commonly known as the chicken snake, tropical chicken snake, [3] or yellow rat snake, [3] is a species of large nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the Neotropics. Taxonomy [ edit ]
Chicken snake may refer to: Pantherophis alleghaniensis , the eastern rat snake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in North America Pantherophis guttatus , the corn snake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in North America
Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - chicken snake, tropical chicken snake, yellow rat snake Spilotes sulphureus ( Wagler , 1824) - yellow-bellied hissing snake, Amazon puffing snake Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Spilotes .