Corn Snake

Corn Snakes I’m cute! Classification • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Reptilia • Order: Squamata • Suborder: Serpentes • Family: Colubridae • Genus Elaphe • Species: Elaphe guttata Description • easy to maintain; great • Depends on age of pets snake and region which it lives • grow 3-5 feet; in wild get up to six • On the belly has a checker board patter • natural color consist of that is black and white red blotches outlined in black on orange background... Habitat • North America • great climbers • temperatures 75-82 • wooden groves and degrees Celsuis(day); meadows, wooded 65-72 degrees Celsuis rock hillsides, along night waterways, wooded lots, barn yards, • Southern and abandoned houses southeastern parts of US • distrubed, vibrate tail and strike repeatedly • nocturnal and secretive Feeding • Like constrictors • do not eat everyday and go days or weeks without eating • overpower prey by biting for a firm grip • wrap coils around prey to squeeze and suffocating prey • swallows whole prey usually head first Reproduction/Breeding • Oviparous • breeding cycle that is affected by temperature • breeding season is from March to May • breed once per annum…maturity • successful breed…first hibernation shed-female • Male crawl over female & jerking movement • lasts several minutes or hours • pregnant 4 weeks (depends on species) • swelling; see bulging in skin • pre-egg laying shed Leave Me Alone! Bibliography • • Corn Snake, Elaphe guttata.www.exotictropicals.com/encyclo/ reptiles/snakes/cornsnake.htm Elaphe guttata (Corn Snake): Narrative. animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/ elaphe/e._guttata$narrative.html • • Breeding Corn Snakes. www.snakeshed.com/breeding.htm Biology: Corn Snake. www.reptilecenter.com/snakes/ elaphe_guttata_biology.htm • Animal Fact Sheets. www.zoo.org/educate/fact_sheets/day/corn_snk.htm