Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus) - HM 32104
Observer:
Ratcliffe, Matthew
Observed:
2014-04-29
Last Modified:
2014-05-25 19:13:49
Country:
United States of America
State:
Florida
County:
Hillsborough
Age:
Adult
Deceased:
Notes:
This find comes with a sad ending. This corn snake was seen by a neighbor, within 100 feet of my house. He's from Georgia and thought it was a copperhead (not realizing they don't range this far south), so he killed this perfectly harmless snake. I'm trying my best to educate him on snakes, but I don't know if I'll get through to him. When he shared this photo with me, he also included one of a copperhead from some blog - except it was a milk snake (which does look like a corn snake to the untrained eye).

Sad to see this beautiful specimen gone; even sadder to know that it was right under my nose this whole time (it had been observed nearby before).
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