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The pattern on the belly of a corn snake looks somewhat corn-like.

Well, corn snakes are found in corn fields in america and some other places, they feed on rrodents that also live in the corn fields :)

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cous it lives close to the corn fields cous the rodents eat the corn and the corn snake hunts down the rodents its a farmers best friend

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its strange yellow color, which resembles the color of most corn.

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like any other animal. native languages name them after some internal meaning. in the case of snake species, it is usually based on traits or the person who discovered it

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by its coloration on its dorsal side of its head

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What is the bengali name of Corn Snake?

Corn Snake does not have any Bengali Name, since the snake is only found in southeastern USA, it is not known to this part of the world.


What is Corn snake in latin?

Elaphe guttata guttataHerpetologists may also refer to the Corn Snake under the Latin name of Pantherophis Guttatus Guttatus, as there has recently been a discussion about the re-classification of the Corn Snake's Scientific name.


What is the cheapist corn snake?

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What colour can corn snakes be?

Hi. The corn snake is naturally red hence its proper name red rat snake or (Elaphae guttata). you can get deep almost blood red corns these are called Amelanistic Bloodred Corn Snake, yellowy coloured called Amber corn snakes, Anerythristic Corn Snake and more


Is a corn snake and a chicken snake the same?

Not necessarily. The term chicken snake can refer to several species of snake. The corn snake is one of them.


What is medium corn snake and adult corn snake?

medium corn snake:sub adult , adult corn snake:adult


How many types of corn snakes are threre?

There is only one species of Corn snake. It is a member of the Rat snake family. The Corn snake's original Latin name used to be Elaphe guttata guttata, but has now been changed to Pantherophis guttatus guttatus.


What is the Latin name for a Grass Snake?

The corn snake is also known as Elaphe guttata.


Can a baby corn snake go in a tank with an adult corn snake?

yes a hatchling corn snake can go in a vivarium with an adult corn snake but only if the adult corn is very tame and feed well and there needs to be lots of hiding places for the hatchling corn snake to hide about 5 hides


What is the height of a corn snake?

The length of a Corn snake can be up to 72 inches.


How can you tell a rat snake and a corn snake apart?

Rat snakes are generally black whereas corn snakes are orangey yellowy and look like ground up corn.


What are the best corn snake breeders?

Ask around on Kingsnake.com or a corn snake forum.