I went field herping with my grandson a couple months ago and found a really beautiful corn that resembled a hypo. It was about 5 miles from my home in thick brush. Two days ago I saw a car hit a snake that was crossing the road just 500 feet from my house. I was surprised to find that it was a corn, and appeared to be a ghost morph. I was going to try to save it, but unfortunately it died. It would appear that there are both hypos and anerys in my area. The heavy rains in southwest Florida seem to be making the snakes very active and I've found several hit by cars, including scarlet kingsnakes, black racers, corns, and coachwhips.
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Corns in the wild
- Thread starter Twolunger
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Frank Pinello
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Sounds like me and my son should take the trip to the other side of the peninsula and do some field herping with you guys. I knew that anerys are relatively common over there but would love to stumble on a wild hypo.
I can't count the number of times I've been out herping with nothing to show for it but mosquito or no-se-um bites. It's hit or miss, with a typical day seeing a lot of black racers and tortoises. I like to take the grandkids to Jelks Preserve. It's 640 acres of wild habitat with 8 miles of hiking trails. In the same area is Sleeping Turtle Preserve, but it's much smaller, with less than 200 acres.
Well I went on a 10 mile bike herping trip and saw black racers, hatchling racers, ringed snakes, black spinytailed iguanas, tortoises, and a road killed garter snake, racers, and a rattlesnake. Wasn't too happy seeing another rattler, as that's the 4th one within a mile of my house.
I limit my walks in the scrub brush due to the rattlers. If I do go off the beaten paths I walk very slowly and keep an eye out for them. They are one of the few snakes I see slithering about in the hottest part of the day down here. With all the leaf litter they are hard to spot.
Gemini8910
New member
Rattlesnakes are the main reason why I don't go out field herping much in my area. We have them pretty much everywhere, since most of the wild nature areas still left are all scrub brush. My local nature center even kept a live one so the kids could see and study them safely behind glass and know what they look like if they come across one in the wild.
It'd be cool to find some wild corns someday though, I might have to see if there's a good place to go looking for them around here.
It'd be cool to find some wild corns someday though, I might have to see if there's a good place to go looking for them around here.
Your location info shows you live in California. Although not impossible these days, I would imagine finding a corn snake in California might be a real long shot.
Gemini8910
New member
Yeah, I don't think I've seen any corns before. I've seen a couple others that I didn't know enough about to identify, but most of the wild snakes I've come across have been rattlesnakes unfortunately.
Well I'm bummed out. One of my sons found a wild hypo on the road not far from my house. He caught it, but had nothing to put it in, so let it go. Then on my bike ride yesterday I found a corn that was hit by a car or truck. It was about 16 inches long and had vivid red saddles with a pale silver background. What a beauty. There has to be some awesome corns right nearby. I'll keep looking.
MysticExotics
(formerly NWHeather)
Wow! I'm jealous! I wish I had them in my area!
I've seen some really awesome corns in my area, I say my area meaning within 10 miles of my house. You would expect the typical wild type, but I've seen so many morphs it makes you wonder if someone has turned loose their former pets. 3 years ago while walking with my wife I spotted what appeared to be a butter about 40 inches long. The only thing different comparing that one to a male I had was the saddles were a bit darker. I would have jumped into the brush to grab it, but I was just recovering from bypass surgery and my wife said no way is she allowing me to crash through the brush.
I found a dead ghost just a block from my house, so knew there were anerys and hypos in the area close by. Then my son found the hypo, and I the beauty dead on the road the other day. I go out nearly every day and it is just a matter of time before I find a really nice specimen.
I found a dead ghost just a block from my house, so knew there were anerys and hypos in the area close by. Then my son found the hypo, and I the beauty dead on the road the other day. I go out nearly every day and it is just a matter of time before I find a really nice specimen.
I've been driving out on some evenings trying to find the snakes before someone runs them over. I have to leave the bike home so someone doesn't run me over too. I swear Mr. Magoo is alive and well and driving a car down here.
I'm surprised that I don't see more king snakes around here. I've only seen one recently. I am seeing a lot more snakes now that the hogs have been eliminated.
I'm surprised that I don't see more king snakes around here. I've only seen one recently. I am seeing a lot more snakes now that the hogs have been eliminated.