Elaphe[Pantherophis]guttata
Captive Snake courtesy Jennifer Lolley, Admistrator
Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
Photo courtesy of Rex Roach, Rex Films, Opelika, AL
Corn snakes are not an endangered species. However, they are
listed by the state of Florida as a Species of Special Concern
because of habitat loss and destruction in the lower Florida Keys.
Cornsnakes are often mistaken for copperheads and killed.
For more information on corn snakes found in Alabama, see:
"The Reptiles and Amphibians of Alabama", Robert H. Mount,
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University
University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1975