The Corn Snake
Elaphe guttata guttata
This corn snake is adjusting to his environment.
The corn snake's geographic range is up to Louisiana, through the Carolinas & Virginia, and north as far as Maryland and southern New Jersey.
A favorite habitat for most corn snakes are trash piles. They are commonly found in sewers and in abandoned buildings and railroads. As for the classroom habitat, they live on wood chip bedding, have water dishes, and maybe a rock or two to hide behind or rest on.
A corn snake eats small rodents and birds. As babies they like to eat lizards and tree frogs. The animals, or predators, that want to eat this snake are usually larger snakes or people.
The corn snake mates sexually with a female. When the female has the eggs, goes her own way, and the babies take care of themselves. After the eggs hatch the babies can have babies when they're only two years old. After they reach the age of ten, they have to stop mating. As for the lifespan, it's really not consistent, but the record is only twenty-one years old.
A corn snake can grow to at least a 100 cm. It can also weigh at least 250 grams. Unusual corn snakes have names for their color, such as amelanistic, which means red corns lacking all black pigment. Also there are snows which are tan-pinkish or yellowish.
This corn snake is trying to get away from its place.