Elaphe guttata (Corn Snake)

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)]

      COMMENTS:  The great plains rat snake is much more common in the western part of the Metroplex than it is in the east.

 

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