corn snake
Docile orange serpent
A corn snake is a nonvenomous North American snake, orange or reddish-brown with darker blotches, commonly kept as a pet.
The name comes from the checkered pattern on its belly resembling kernels of maize corn.
Corn snakes are docile, easy to care for, and popular with beginning reptile keepers: My daughter wants a corn snake for her birthday.
Snake killing by compression
- nonvenomousProducing no poison
- ectothermOrganism heated externally
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
oviparous · carnivore · slithering · shedding · forked tongue · Jacobson's organ · vertebrate · squamate
Glass-walled growing enclosure
- vivariumEnclosure for living specimens
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- heat lampRadiant warming fixture
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
thermostat · humidity · water dish · feeding · shedding · handling · tank · lid
Easily controlled or taught
- gentleSoft and kind
- tameMade gentle, manageable
- calmFree from agitation
- handleableAble to be dealt with
tolerant · unaggressive · placid · mild · easygoing · manageable · beginner-friendly · approachable
Changes form gradually
- blotchesIrregular patches of color
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- patternsRecurring arrangements or designs
- albinoOne without melanin
pigmentation · banded · orange · red · yellow · lavender · snow · bloodred
Toward the lower-right quadrant
- woodlandForested land area
- forest floorGround beneath trees
- leaf litterDecomposing ground debris
- pine barrensSandy acidic scrub forest
farmland · cornfields · rodent control · burrows · hiding · climbing · nocturnal · secretive
constrictor
Snake killing by compression
- nonvenomousProducing no poison
- ectothermOrganism heated externally
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
scales · oviparous · carnivore · slithering · shedding · forked tongue · Jacobson's organ · vertebrate · squamate · clutch
terrarium
Glass-walled growing enclosure
- vivariumEnclosure for living specimens
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- heat lampRadiant warming fixture
substrate · thermostat · humidity · water dish · feeding · shedding · handling · tank · lid · thermometer
docile
Easily controlled or taught
handleable · tolerant · unaggressive · placid · mild · easygoing · manageable · beginner-friendly · approachable · mellow
morphs
Changes form gradually
- blotchesIrregular patches of color
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- patternsRecurring arrangements or designs
albino · pigmentation · banded · orange · red · yellow · lavender · snow · bloodred · candy cane
southeastern
Toward the lower-right quadrant
- woodlandForested land area
- forest floorGround beneath trees
- leaf litterDecomposing ground debris
pine barrens · farmland · cornfields · rodent control · burrows · hiding · climbing · nocturnal · secretive · wild-caught
corn snakeking cobra
Longest venomous serpent
black mamba · venomous snake · deadly snake · fer-de-lance · copperhead