There are two possible explanations regarding the origin of its most commonly used English name corn snake. 1. The main habitat of the Corn snake are grainfields and granaries. There they prey on abundant rodents. 2. Another explanation is provided by the colourful Indian Corn. Its bulbous nose resembles the pattern of the corn snake‘s belly.
Category: other
Weight: 200-800g
Size: body length from 120 to 150cm
Breeding duration: depending on the temperature, about 60-80 days
Age: up to 30 years
Sexually mature: from 20cm body lengths
Reproduction: 8-30 eggs
food: amphibians, reptiles, small vertebrates
Way of life: nocturnal and at crepuscular
Danger: not endangered
distribution: Eastern and South-Eastern USA to Central Mexico
distribution area