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Ball Python

Ball Pythons Ball pythons are popular due to their the small size and docile temperament. A fully-grown ball python is around 4-5 feet long and about 10 inches in girth. They are generally nocturnal and spend the daytime hiding, becoming active at dusk. Ball Python Care Ball pythons get their name from their habit of [...]

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Blue Racers

Blue Racer, and Northern Racer Racers occur from southern Canada to Guatemala, with considerable individual and local variation in regions where two or more subspecies intergrade.  Racers prefer dry sunny areas with access to cover, including old fields, open woodland, hedgerows, thickets and wood edges, sometimes damper sites such as bogs, marshes, and lake edges [...]

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Boa Constrictor

Boa Constrictor Boa constrictor is found from Argentina to northern Mexico. Of all the boas, this snake thrives in the most different habitats. It shows, however, the least inclination towards water. It lives in deserts, wet tropical forests, open savanna and cultivated fields, and from sea level to moderate elevation. Boa constrictor is both terrestrial [...]

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Coachwhip

Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum is found is found in the southern half of the U.S., and the northern 2/3rds of Mexico. Open hillsides, dry sand, prairies, oak and pine woodlands, grassy areas, dunes, and scrub. Not found above 2150m altitude.   Coachwhip This is a long, slender snake with smooth scales. The dorsal coloration in the adult [...]

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Corn Snakes

Corn Snakes Corn snakes are one of the most commonly kept snakes. They are attractively marked in various colors with a checkerboard pattern on the belly. Adults reach 3-5 feet long and have an easy-going temperament. Corn snakes are mostly nocturnal and hide during the day.   Corn Snakes Snakes often need several days to become [...]

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Dekay’s Brown Snake

Dekay’s Brown Snake Storeria dekayi is an abundant snake that is widely distributed. It is found in southern Canada, in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and in the northern portions of Mexico. This is a snake that is still fairly abundant. The reason for this can be mostly attributed to it’s smaller [...]

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Eastern Fox Snake

Eastern Fox Snake The eastern fox snake’s original home range ran along the shores of the Lakes Huron and Erie, from Georgian and Saginaw Bays to north central Ohio, and eastward along the northern shore of Lake Erie to Long Point and perhaps Buffalo. Today the eastern fox snake can be found from Saginaw Bay [...]

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File Snake

File Snake The File snake inhabits the coastal regions of northern Australia and also New Guinea. File snakes are nocturnal as well as aquatic; and very seasonal when choosing their preferred habitat. In the dry season, snakes choose backwater lagoons and pools known locally as billabongs. Upon arrival of the wet season, File snakes migrate [...]

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Fox Snakes

Fox Snake Elaphe vulpina has two subspecies, the western and eastern fox snakes. The western (Elaphe vulpina vulpina)lives in farmlands, prairies, stream valleys, woods and dune country directly west of Michigan including Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. The eastern (Elaphe vulpina gloydi) is a resident of the extensive marshes bordering Lakes Erie and Huron and their [...]

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Garter Snake

Garter Snake This is a common and abundant species throughout North America. It is the most common of the many species of garter snakes. It is the only snake species in Alaska, and ranges further north there and in Canada than any other North American reptile. In the east it occurs all the way south [...]

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