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the docile rope of the snake world, bred into a thousand candy-colored variations.
means A small, nonvenomous North American rat snake (Pantherophis guttatus) known for its calm temperament and popularity as a pet.
from The name carries two competing stories. One holds that the snake earned its name from the maize-like checkered pattern on its belly. The other, often favored, points to the corn cribs and grain stores where these snakes hunted the mice and rats drawn to the harvest — making the corn snake a farmer's quiet ally. Both stories tie the snake to corn; which came first is genuinely unclear.
- name origin
- Named for hanging around corn cribs hunting rodents.
- no venom
- Kills by constriction, harmless to humans.
- morph mania
- Breeders produce hundreds of color and pattern variations.
- escape artist
- Slips through gaps the width of its head.
- belly checkers
- Underside resembles black-and-white Indian corn kernels.
okeetee corn snake — distinctive orange-red morph from okeetee hunt club in south carolina, the original locality form
miami phase corn snake — bright orange and red coloration from the miami region of florida, highly popular in captive breeding
butter corn snake — yellow and orange morph selectively bred from a wild-caught specimen in south carolina in the 1990s