Corn snakes are closely related to rat snakes and are sometimes known as "red rat snakes." That name comes from their ... lateral blotches on a ground color of red, orange, brown or gray." ...

Corn snakes earn their name from the markings on their bellies ... You can also identify these snakes by their bright color.

The eye-catching checkerboard belly of the corn snake is a good example of this body décor-—it resembles an ear of maize, which is likely what inspired the snake’s name. But ...

A few miles down the road I found a road-killed corn snake. Why not? On top of the van went the snake, along with a dead bullfrog a few miles later. To my surprise, all show-and-tell items stayed ...

Reference: Montandon SA, Beaudier P, Ullate-Agote A, et al. Regulatory and disruptive variants in the CLCN2 gene are associated with modified skin color pattern phenotypes in the corn snake. Genome ...