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Corn Snake

Pantherophis guttatus guttatus

Description:

Also known as the red rat snake, the corn snake is one of the most popular species in the American snake-pet trade. This is a wild individual found trolling around a dumpster on the Daytona State College campus in Deland. ~ janson jones, http://dusttracks.com

Notes:

Taxonomy is currently in debate.


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3 Comments

jansonjones
jansonjones 11 months ago

Thanks, Mandy! I love finding the rascals! :)

Mandy Hollman
Mandy Hollman 11 months ago

Janson, you've found so many amazing snakes!

KarenL
KarenL a year ago

Beautiful portrait!
We have the Gray rat snakes here but they are pretty shy & we rarely see them. I haven't attempted to pick one up yet!

Deltona, Florida, USA

Lat: 29.01, Long: -81.24

Spotted on Feb 8, 2005
Submitted on Dec 25, 2011

Reference

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