Corn snake vs Pine Foxsnake
The pine foxsnake is heavier: 2.23 kg against 704 g for the corn snake, about 3.2 times the weight.
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What is the difference between a corn snake and a pine foxsnake?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The pine foxsnake is heavier: 2.23 kg against 704 g for the corn snake, about 3.2 times the weight.
- The corn snake is longer-lived: 23 years against 12.2 years for the pine foxsnake, about 89% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Pantherophis, so they are close relatives.
Side by side
| Corn snake | Pine Foxsnake | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Pantherophis guttatus | Pantherophis vulpinus |
| Family | Colubridae | Colubridae |
| Order | Squamata | Squamata |
| Weight | 704 g – 900 g | 2.23 kg |
| Length | 1.13 m | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 23 years | 12.2 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest | grassland, shrubland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Not recorded |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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