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CORN SNAKE (Elaphe guttata), or Red Rat Snake - (likely Bloodred Morph?) 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. Rats and mice came to the corn crib to feed on the corn, and Corn Snakes came to feed on the rodents The Corn Snake subdues its small prey by constriction Bloodred (selectively bred “Diffused”) Corn Snakes carry a recessive trait (known as diffused) that eliminates the ventral checkered patterns. These originated from a somewhat unicolor Jacksonville and Gainesville, Florida strain of Corn Snake. Through selective breeding, an almost solid ground color has been produced. Hatchlings have a visible pattern that can fade as they mature into a solid orange red to ash red colored snake. The earlier bloodreds tend to have large clutches of smaller than average eggs that produce hard to feed offspring, though out-crossing with amelanistic and anerythristic Corn Snake hatchlings tend to be larger with fewer feeding problems.. Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Snake Other Photos you may enjoy: More typical Cornsnake pattern Albino Rattlesnake Boelyn Python Snake Eyes - How Snakes See —- crotalinae: DSC01466 (by batwrangler) Corn snake

CORN SNAKE (Elaphe guttata), or Red Rat Snake - (likely Bloodred Morph?)

  • 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. Rats and mice came to the corn crib to feed on the corn, and Corn Snakes came to feed on the rodents
  • The Corn Snake subdues its small prey by constriction
  • Bloodred (selectively bred “Diffused”) Corn Snakes carry a recessive trait (known as diffused) that eliminates the ventral checkered patterns. These originated from a somewhat unicolor Jacksonville and Gainesville, Florida strain of Corn Snake. Through selective breeding, an almost solid ground color has been produced. Hatchlings have a visible pattern that can fade as they mature into a solid orange red to ash red colored snake. The earlier bloodreds tend to have large clutches of smaller than average eggs that produce hard to feed offspring, though out-crossing with amelanistic and anerythristic Corn Snake hatchlings tend to be larger with fewer feeding problems..

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Snake

Other Photos you may enjoy:

More typical Cornsnake pattern

Albino Rattlesnake

Boelyn Python

Snake Eyes - How Snakes See

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crotalinae:

DSC01466 (by batwrangler)

Corn snake

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