Corn Snake

Pantherophis guttatus

Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus)
Photo by Andrew DuBois · CC BY-NC 4.0
Description

How to Identify

Orange, reddish, or brownish snake with large dark-bordered dorsal blotches and a distinctive black-and-white checkered belly.

Size

Usually 30-48 inches.

Diet

Mice, rats, birds, bird eggs, and lizards.

Habitat

Pine woods, fields, farms, old buildings, and wooded edges.

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Location

Where it is found

Found mainly in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.

North Carolina regional range for Corn Snake Highlighted official regions: Piedmont, Coastal Plain. Regional guidance is not a county-level occurrence record. Mountains Piedmont Coastal Plain
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