Corn Snake Florida Rat Snake

The corn snake pantherophis guttatus inhabit a variety of forest areas from new jersey south to florida.

Corn snake florida rat snake. Johnson uf upper photo and kevin enge fwc lower photo. A website dedicated to the identification of florida snakes. It is found throughout the southeastern and central united states though superficially resembling the venomous copperhead and often killed as a result of this mistaken identity corn snakes lack functional venom and are harmless and beneficial to humans by helping to. Young will eat lizards and frogs.

Florida s snakes red cornsnake or red ratsnake pantherophis formerly elaphe guttatus non venomous blotched. The picture highlights two facts. So the rat snakes are not only the sole members of the genus pantherophis while the corn snake since it is a different species or we can say is the subspecies of rat snake is placed in the same genus but with different species name and thus belongs to pantherophis guttatus. First the orange to red color explains a common nickname red rat snake.

Wild eyed and crazy about other reptiles. The corn snake pantherophis guttatus is a north american species of rat snake that subdues its small prey by constriction. Makes an excellent pet. Second they like other rat snakes are very good.

Rats and mice came to the corn crib to feed on the corn and corn snakes came to feed on the rodents. However they are most plentiful in the longleaf pine forests of the southeast. Though they may not make the news as often as the humans who live there florida corn snakes also called eastern corn snakes or red rat snakes are just as intriguing. The name corn snake is a holdover from the days when southern farmers stored harvested ears of corn in a wood frame or log building called a crib.

Red rat snake corn snake pantherophis guttatus. The snakes in florida are exactly like what you d expect them to be like. Rosy rat snake florida keys corn elaphe guttata rosacea below. The red rat snake often called the corn snake in florida live near pinelands hardwood hammocks swamps agricultural fields and residential areas corn snakes are one of the most colorful snakes in florida.

A classic rosy rat snake from our colony the rosy rat snake was formerly recognized under the name rosacea descending from the florida keys the form is characterized by greatly reduced black coloration and a more slender profile than the average corn snake.