Corn Snake
Pantherophis guttatus
Summary 2
The Red Cornsnake (Pantherophis guttatus), corn snake, or red rat snake, is a North American species of rat snake that subdues its small prey by constriction. The name "corn snake" is a holdover from the days when southern farmers stored harvested ears of corn in a wood frame or log building called a crib. Rats and mice came to the corn crib to feed on the corn, and corn snakes came to feed on the rodents....
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) tom spinker, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/42389547@N00/152752770
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantherophis_guttatus
