Corn Snake

Breeding:
Mates March to May. Clutches of 3-21 eggs are laid late May to July, hatch July to
September. Hatchlings are 10-15” long, mature in 18-36 months.

Habitat:
Wooded groves, rocky hillsides, meadowland; along watercourses, around springs, woodlots, barnyards, and abandoned houses. Sea level to ca. 6,000’

Range:
S. New Jersey south through Florida and s. Tennessee to Texas, México, and e. New
México, se. Colorado, se. Nebraska to sw. Illinois. Separate population in e. Utah and w.
Colorado.

Subspecies:
Corn, red, orange, or yellow with red, red-orange, or red-brown blotches; s. New Jersey
through Florida to Louisiana.
Great Plains Rat, brown to light gray with olive, brown, or dark gray blotches; Louisiana
and sw. Illinois west to Colorado and Utah, e. New México and south to México.

Primarily nocturnal, but often active in early evening. It readily climbs trees and enters
abandoned houses and barns in search of prey: mice, rats, birds, and bats. The name Corn
Snake probably originated not from an association with barns and corncribs but from the
similarity of the belly marking to the checkered patterns of kernels in Indian corn. It is on
of the most beautiful snake is n our range. Captive longevity is 21 ¾ years.