A large harmless snake, Coluber guttatus, common in the southern United States.
1676. T. Glover, in Phil. Trans., XI. 631. There is another sort called the Corn-Snake, because he is usually found in Corn-fields.
1688. J. Clayton, Virginia, ibid. XVIII. 135. The Corn-Snake, most like the Rattle-Snake of all others in colour.
1736. Mortimer, Nat. Hist. Carolina, ibid. XXXIX. 257. The Corn-Snake. This takes its Name from the Resemblance of its Colour to that of Maize or Indian Corn.
1880. Libr. Univ. Knowledge, IV. 348. Corn snake.
