The corn snake is named for the species' regular presence near grain stores, where it preys on mice and rats that eat harvested corn ( See more

Natural habitat
In the wild, the corn snake prefers habitats such as overgrown fields, forest openings, trees, palmetto flatwoods, and abandoned or seldom-used buildings and farms, from sea level to as high as 6,000 ft (1,800 m). Typically, the corn … See more

Like all snakes, corn snakes are carnivorous and, in the wild, they eat every few days. While most corn snakes eat small rodents, such as the white-footed mouse, … See more

As an adult the corn snake may have a total length (including tail) of 61–182 cm (2.00–5.97 ft). In the wild, it usually lives around ten to fifteen years, but in captivity can live to an age of 23 years or more. The record for the oldest corn snake in captivity was 32 … See more

Until 2002, the corn snake was considered to have two subspecies: the nominate subspecies (P. g. guttatus) described here and the Great Plains rat snake (P. g. emoryi). The latter has since been split off as its own species (P. emoryi), but is still occasionally … See more

It has been found that corn snakes (along with other colubrids) reach sexual maturity by means of size, as opposed to age.
Corn snakes are … See more

Like many species of the Colubridae, corn snakes exhibit defensive tail vibration behavior. Behavioral and chemosensory studies with corn snakes suggest that odor cues are of primary … See more