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Sunday, October 11, Franklin Park Zoo: Due to an external event, a portion of Circuit Drive will be closed until approximately 2:30 p.m. Guests may enter and exit the Zoo via the Zebra Entrance on Blue Hill Avenue. Parking lots near this entrance will be available while a portion of Circuit Drive is closed. The parking lot on Pierpont Road near the Zoo’s Giraffe Entrance will reopen after approximately 2:30 p.m. All roadways will be available for our evening Boston Lights event. 

 

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Corn Snake

Pantherophis guttatus

Cornsnake Gallery

About the Corn Snake

conservation status: least concern

Geographic Range:

range map of the corn snake

Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Pantherophis
Species: guttatus

Corn snakes earn their name from their spotted underside, which resembles corn kernels. They're also frequently found in cornfields and corncribs. Feeding upon mice, bats and rats, corn snakes are considered helpful to humans because they hunt rodents and help in controlling pest populations.