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Corn Snake
(Elaphe guttata)

Corn Snake

Family Colubridae

Photo from Hammerson, 1986.
Used with permission.

Last Updated on January 20, 2000.

Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata)   Range Map
Color Key
Description:
Adults 36" to 60" in length. Color light gray or grayish brown, with dorsal row of 42 - 55 dark brown blotches edged in darker brown or black. Two rows of similar but smaller blotches on sides. Moderately slender body, with scales weakly keeled. Divided anal plate.
Elevation Range:
Below 6000' in southeastern Colorado and in western valleys.
Subspecies in Colorado:
Elaphe guttata emoryi

Corn Snake
(Elaphe guttata)
CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef.
Adams  Dolores  La Plata  Pitkin 
Alamosa  Douglas  Lake  ProwersH
Arapahoe  Eagle  Larimer  PuebloH
Archuleta  El PasoH2 Las AnimasH Rio Blanco * 
BacaH ElbertDC4 Lincoln *  Rio Grande 
BentH Fremont *  Logan  Routt 
Boulder  GarfieldH MesaH Saguache 
Chaffee  Gilpin  Mineral  San Juan 
Cheyenne *  Grand  Moffat *  San Miguel * 
Clear Creek  GunnisonSH1 Montezuma  Sedgwick 
Conejos  Hinsdale  MontroseH Summit 
Costilla  Huerfano *  Morgan  Teller 
Crowley *  Jackson  OteroH Washington 
Custer  Jefferson  Ouray  Weld 
DeltaH Kiowa *  Park  Yuma 
Denver  Kit Carson  Phillips 

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