Elaphe guttata (Corn Snake)
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CORN
SNAKE Elaphe guttata (Linnaeus, 1766)
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: 4 mi E of Lucus, 2.1
mi N jct FM 6 on FM 1138, Wylie area, and .5 mi E of jct of US 289 on US
380; Dallas Co.: Mt. Creek Lake area, Mt. Lebanon Encampment, FM 1382
at US 67, Belt Line Rd. W of Cedar Hill, Dallas Nature Center W of
Duncanville, .2 mi W of Anderson Rd. on Boss Cope Rd., S of Grand Prairie
near Belt Line Rd., and S of I-30 near Collins Rd.;
Hood Co.: .4 mi
SW of Tx 144 on FM 51, 4.9 mi SW of TX 171 on US 377, and 3.1 mi N of
Cresson on Tx 171; Johnson Co.: .1
mi E jct of FM 1434 on US 67, 6.6 mi S of Park Rd. 21 on US 67, .6 mi SE
of FM 2376 on I-35, and 7.3 mi S of Park Rd. 21 on US 67; Parker Co.: 2.3
mi N of Cresson on US 377, 5 mi S of Aledo, and S of Weatherford on Tx
171; Somervell Co.:
9.8 mi S of Park Rd. 21 on US 67;
Tarrant Co.: 1
mi W of Benbrook, the Benbrook-Aledo Rd. at Walnut Creek, 2 mi S of
Wheatland, and 1 mi N of Azle; Wise
Co.: Lyndon B. Johnson Nat'l Grasslands NW of Decatur, 4 mi NNW of
Decatur, and 3 mi E of Decatur on US 380
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell,
Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: Western Cross
Timbers, Fort Worth Prairie, Mesquite Grand Prairie, Cedar-limestone
Hills, Blackland Prairie, and Rolling Plains
SUBSPECIES: Great
Plains Rat Snake [E. g. emoryi (Baird & Girard, 1853)]
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