On Thursday, 20 November 2014
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| Pantherophis guttatus (Corn snake) |
Pantherophis guttatus or also commonly known as Corn snake is one of the North American rat snake species that constricts their preys. They can be found around the southeastern and central US. They are actually pretty popular pets to have as they are usually docile in nature, least likely to bite and comes in wide variety of unique patterns and colors. That aside, their looks almost resemble one of the venomous snakes; Copperhead and are often killed by mistake. They are a great help to human as they can control the populations of rodents that could potentially damage crops or spread unwanted diseases. Their diet mainly consist of rodents but they also would consume reptiles or amphibians and bird eggs.
