Corn Snake
Pantherophis guttatus
About the Corn Snake
Geographic Range:
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Pantherophis
Species: guttatus
Corn snakes earn their name from their spotted underside, which resembles corn kernels. They're also frequently found in cornfields and corncribs. Feeding upon mice, bats and rats, corn snakes are considered helpful to humans because they hunt rodents and help in controlling pest populations.
