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  2. Corn snake - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of snakes by common name - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis. Contents:

  4. Slowinski's corn snake - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of snakes by scientific name - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; ... This is a list of the scientific names of extant snakes. It includes 517 genera and 3,738 ... List of snakes by scientific name.

  6. List of herbivorous animals - Wikipedia

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    The largest living land animal, the African bush elephant, is a herbivore. This is a list of herbivorous animals, organized in a roughly taxonomic manner. In general, entries consist of animal species known with good certainty to be overwhelmingly herbivorous, as well as genera and families which contain a preponderance of such species.

  7. Fossil of new reptile species found in Brazil sheds light on ...

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    Named Gondwanax paraisensis, the four-legged reptile species was roughly the size of a small dog with a long tail, or about 1 meter (39 inches) long and weighing between 3 and 6 kg (7 to 13 pounds ...

  8. List of snakes of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Banded Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata) Green Water Snake (Nerodia floridana) Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon) Brown Water Snake (Nerodia taxispilota) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus) Striped Crayfish Snake (Liodytes alleni) Glossy Crayfish Snake (Regina rigida) Queen snake (Regina septemvittata)

  9. List of amphibians and reptiles of Saint Barthélemy - Wikipedia

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    Colubrids snakes Species Common name(s) Notes Image Pantherophis guttatus [18] Corn snake: Native to North America. The first mention of this species on Saint Barthélemy was made by Breuil en 1996. Naturalization confirmed by Questel and Vitry in 2012. Worm snakes (Typhlopidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Ramphotyphlops braminus [19]