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I found this snake crossing my friends driveway in a heavily populated neighborhood. I'm sure it weas somebodys pet that escaped. I am new to corns I'm a milk and king man. I was just wondering if this is just a pretty normal or some kind of morph.

Thanx
Scott

If you live within the cornsnake's range, that may very well be a wild one. Even it it acts "tame" it probably came from good ol' Mom Nature (again, if you are within the range). Duffy

I live in central California. We have alot of bullsnakes rattlesnakes and garter snakes but I have never seen a wild corn.

Scott

Yup...Someone's ex-pet alrighty. Which means... You should keep it! Nice find! Duffy

If there's such a strong possibility that it is somebody's pet, I would want to put up found postings before keeping it :|

According to the info on corn snakes, this is their habitat range:

Range S. New Jersey south through Florida and s. Tennessee to Texas, Mexico, and e. New Mexico, se. Colorado, se. Nebraska to sw. Illinois. Separate population in e. Utah and w. Colorado.

So I would guess it is possible that this could be a wild one. The colors certainly look like it could be also.

>>According to the info on corn snakes, this is their habitat range:
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>>Range S. New Jersey south through Florida and s. Tennessee to Texas, Mexico, and e. New Mexico, se. Colorado, se. Nebraska to sw. Illinois. Separate population in e. Utah and w. Colorado.
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>>So I would guess it is possible that this could be a wild one. The colors certainly look like it could be also.

California is not part of their range.
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Jimmy (draybar)

I would suggest that the range listed in that information is taking into consideration the range of P. slowinski, and the P. emoryi variants. I do not believe you will ever find wild P. guttatus much further west than the Mississippi River.
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Darin Chappell
Hillbilly Herps
PO Box 254
Rogersville, MO 65742

First off it looks as if it may be getting ready to shed, but with that in mind, I see no black on the snake. Not outlining the saddles or anything, the saddles and background color just hit each other without a boarder. Second the first few saddles on the snake make it look somewhat motley. If the belly is white with no checks it will be a motley if the belly has black checks on it then it is more then likley a Hypo Corn getting ready to shed, and no there are no wild corns in CA (well at least not any that man has not intro duced)
Good luck with him, I would bet it came from a close by neighbor
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Jim Hopkins "Hoppy"
Hopkins Holesale Herps
Hopfam1@aol.com

He (from his characteristics I'm assuming it's a he) does have black checks on his belly and doesn't really have black outlines a few scales are tipped but that is it. He has not shed but I can tell his previous owner kept him under a light due to the burns and dry skin on his back. A few sheds and he should be beautiful.