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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 corn snake (P. guttatus) is a popular pet reptile, due to the availability of captive-bred animals, their low maintenance and calm disposition, and the variety of color morphs. There are other species of Pantherophis that are in the pet trade, though are not as popular as the corn snake.
List of reptiles; List of ichthyosaur genera; List of pterosaur genera; List of plesiosaur genera; List of dinosaur genera; List of snakes; List of snake genera; List of boine species and subspecies; List of erycine species and subspecies; List of pythonid species and subspecies; List of tropidophiid species and subspecies; List of uropeltid ...
The following are two lists of animals ordered by the size of their nervous system.The first list shows number of neurons in their entire nervous system. The second list shows the number of neurons in the structure that has been found to be representative of animal intelligence. [1]
Corn snake. South eastern corn snake; ... List of snakes, overview of snake families and genera. List of reptiles, overview of reptile orders and families. References
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 ...
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 ...
List of snakes by scientific name. 2 languages. ... This is a list of the scientific names of extant snakes. It includes 517 genera and 3,738 species: [1] Acanthophis