Are Corns Native To INDIANA?

[JonnnyAdam]

I was just wondering if Corns are native to Indiana? If they are, what area of Indiana are they native? If they are, I'm guessing lower Indiana.

 

[grimm1]

nope...http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/endangered/reptile.htm

 

[EllasLlama]

No. My herp book says that there are a few patches of them in Kentucky and I suppose it could be possible for a few isolated populations to make it to extreme southern Indiana, but generally speaking that is not likely because of the Ohio River.

 

[aztek]

What about Illinois?

I found a snake when I was little once in a branch of the Chicago River bank... back in 95 or so.

 

[grimm1]

i had not ever heard of any corns north of the Ohio river but...http://www.chicagoherp.org/herps/species.htm#snakes

 

[aztek]

^^^
Only one that looks like the one I remember is the scarlet snake.

Someone had it in a cup and it had regurgitated.

 

[Weebonilass]

^^^
Only one that looks like the one I remember is the scarlet snake.

Someone had it in a cup and it had regurgitated.

I've seen a number of rat snake junveniles here in So. IL, or at least the general consensus on here was that they were rats. I didn't bother them, but let them go on their way.

Here was one taken a couple of years ago in my horse's pasture.

 

[EllasLlama]

What about Illinois?

I found a snake when I was little once in a branch of the Chicago River bank... back in 95 or so.

There are no corn snakes in Illinois, but there is a close cousin called the Great Plains Rat Snake, and they look very similar to our beloved corns.

Here is a picture of the Great Plains Rat.

 

[Weebonilass]

There are no corn snakes in Illinois, but there is a close cousin called the Great Plains Rat Snake, and they look very similar to our beloved corns.

Here is a picture of the Great Plains Rat.

Looks like the one I posted

 

[EllasLlama]

Looks like the one I posted

Yep, it does. I would bet that is what you found.