How to Spot a Corn Snake

By eHow Pets Editor

Instructions

Step 1:
Maintain a safe distance from the snake to avoid biting or other possible injury.
Step 2:
Check the size of the snake. Corn snakes average 3 to 4 feet as adults, though some can grow to as long as 5 feet. A hatchling is typically between 9 to 14 inches.
Step 3:
Remember this phrase, "Red touch yellow, kill a fellow. Red touch black, venom lack." A venomous coral snake is the reason for this old saying. Sometimes people confuse corn snakes with coral snakes, but the pattern of their colors is different.
Step 4:
Spot a corn snake by its color pattern. This type of snake typically has red blotches with black outlines and background colors that vary from yellow, gray or tan, while their bellies have a checkerboard of black and white.
Step 5:
Look at the head of the snake. It should be reddish in color, not black like the coral snake. The head isn't wider than the body.

Tips & Warnings

Corn snakes make excellent first pets.
Never handle an unknown snake.
Even a non-venomous snake can strike.

Resources

More Puppy Pages

How to Distinguish Characteristics of Corn Snakes

Instructions Step 1: Look at the top of the head of the snake. A corn snake will have an arrowhead shape on the top of its head. Step 2: Observe the color and patterns on the back of the snake. A corn snake will be orange or brownish in color and have a...

Corn Snake Information & Characteristics

On behalf of Expert Village I'm Nicole and I'm here to tell you about corn snakes. Corn snakes vary widely in colors this one has the orange and the white throughout its body a lot of corn snakes come with brown rather than orange. And a lot of corn...

Hi I’m Debbie McCanna on behalf of Expert Village.com. In this clip we are talking about the care and maintenance of corn snakes specifically with regard in this clip to the distinguishing characteristics of a corn snake. Corn snakes are members of...

Instructions Step 1: Recognize venomous lizards as having scales that look like beads. The Gila monster has black, orange, pink and yellow beads arranged in complex patterns. The beaded lizard has a dark body with yellow bands on the tail. Step 2: Look...

On behalf of Expert Village I'm Nicole and I'm here to tell you about corn snakes. Because of the corn snakes wide varing patterns they have become very popular in the pet trade. There are several different types of morph you can get out of the corn...