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Old 09-28-2007, 06:38 PM   #6
paulh
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Originally Posted by CowBoyWay
Corn Snakes were among the first snakes to be kept and bred in captivity; and because they proved to be hardy, docile, easily maintained and easy to breed in captivity, they became very popular. In addition to its more practical attributes, the Corn Snake's popularity was fueled by the fact that it was much less drab than the average colubrid.
Leopard rat snakes, pythons, and some others were kept for religous purposes a couple of thousand years ago, which demolishes the claim that corns were among the first snakes to be kept.

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Corn snakes are among the most brightly colored snakes in the United States. They became popular because they are also hardy and docile. Their popularity skyrocketed when the rare amelanistic corn snake began to be bred in captivity.

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Originally Posted by CowBoyWay
This species, Elaphe guttata guttata, shares portions of its range with two Corn Snake subspecies - the Emoryis, or Great Plains, Rat snake (E. g. emoryi) in Southern Arkansas to the Gulf and the Rosy Rat snake (E. g. rosacea) in the upper Florida Keys.
This is really dated information. For example, the rosy rat was sunk as a subspecies 30 years ago. The Great Plains rat snake has had a least a couple of taxonomic changes.

Nothing was written about photoperiod in the breeding section.