SPECIES/SUBSPECIES (Common/Latin names)

Corn Snake

Elaphe guttata guttata  

NAME AND/OR IDENTIFICATION

JENNY

VENTRAL SCALE N^O 187 to 191 DIVIDED

ORIGIN (captive bred etc)

CAPTIVE BRED

DATE OBTAINED

22 AUGUST 94

DATE OF BIRTH/AGE

UNKNOWN

SEX

FEMALE

SCALE COUNT: -

VENTRALS                  231

SUB - CAUDAL           78

UPPER LABIALS        8

LOWER LABIALS      12

DORSAL SCALE ROWS: -

BEHIND HEAD             24

MID BODY                    27

FRONT OF CLOACA    19

TEMPERATURES

(Day and night)

DAYTIME 75 – 80 ^OF

 (24 – 27 ^OC) 

 NIGHT (Drop five to ten degrees)

HIBERNATION TEMPERATURE

54 – 59 ^OF (12 – 15 ^OC)

(For about Eight weeks)

PHOTOPERIOD (summer/winter)

SUMMER 12 – 14

WINTER 8 – 10

DIET (types and quantities, frequency of feeding,

Nutritional supplements)

RODENTS AND CHICK’S

THE FREQUENCY AND NUMBERS FED VARIES WITH THE SIZE AND ACTIVITY OF THE SNAKE