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Kornnatter (Pantherophis guttatus), Seitenansicht🐍

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SpeciesColubridae
Reptiles

🐍Corn snake

Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

粟米蛇（學名：Pantherophis guttatus），又稱作紅鼠蛇以及玉米錦蛇，是一種原產於北美洲的食鼠蛇，由於它腹部的斑點狀花紋看起來像玉米而得名「玉米蛇」。它們經常在玉米糧倉出沒，都是被人得名「玉米蛇」的原因。玉米蛇是遊蛇科最為常見的寵物蛇，算是非常溫馴的蛇種。

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Measurements
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≈ 1/110th of your weight
Also called
Red Cornsnake
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0.54 kg
Body length
1.83 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
32 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Corn snake

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.54 kgmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Body length
1.83 mmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
32 yearsmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Diet
Carnivorous
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Foraging mode
Mixed
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
No
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Snout–vent length
1.22 mmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.5 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Corn snake yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusPantherophis
  6. ›speciesPantherophis guttatus
Full lineage
  1. superorderLepidosauria
  2. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  3. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  4. genusPantherophis
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  12. genusPantherophis
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In other languages
Kornsnok (nb), 玉米蛇 (zh), Wąż zbożowy (pl), Маисовый полоз (ru), Serpent des blés (fr), Serpiente del maíz (es) … and 19 more languages
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Kornnatter (Pantherophis guttatus), SeitenansichtClose up photo of Anerythristic Type A corn snake headA close up of a coiled up Corn snake on the grass. (00f0e1dc b4b7 4ab6 b124 bcddd284a68e)
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