Corn snake

It lays 1 clutch per year of 12 eggs, which incubate for 61 days, and reaches sexual maturity at 1.6 years. Its lifespan is given as 23 years, with values up to 32.3 years, and it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, not a threatened category.

Weight

900 gsrc for Weight

Length

1.13 msrc for Length

Lifespan

23 years – 32.3 yearssrc for Lifespan

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Egg incubation

61 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

12src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

18.9 months – 2.25 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The corn snake is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classReptilia
4. orderSquamata
5. familyColubridae
6. genusPantherophis
7. SpeciesPantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Coluber carolinianus, Coluber compressus, Coluber floridanus, Coluber guttatus, Coluber guttatus sellatus, Coluber maculatus, Coluber molossus, Coluber pantherinus, Coluber rosaceus, Coryphodon pantherinus, Elaphe emoryi intermontana, Elaphe guttata, Elaphe guttata guttata, Pantherophis guttata

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@misc{corn_snake_2026,
  title = {Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/corn-snake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}