Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus) – Red Cornsnake
Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus) – Red Cornsnake

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     Exact locality, based on specimen(s) or photographs examined
     Exact locality, based on literature record believed valid
     Approximate locality based on specimen(s) or photographs examined
     Approximate locality based on literature record believed valid
     County record only, based on specimens or photographs examined
     County record only, based on literature report believed valid
     Type locality
?      Questionable and/or problematic record

Taxonomy:  No subspecies are recognized for Pantherophis guttatus (Crother et al. 2012). 

Distribution: The Red Cornsnake is well documented from counties in East Tennessee and the southern half of West Tennessee.  Except for the southern section of the Eastern Highland Rim, records are lacking for much of Middle Tennessee. 

Museum Records by Counties: Anderson—APSU 15578, 15580; NCSM 8771; NLU 53706; UTKVZC 6995.  Bledsoe—NCSM 8777; NLU 1810.   Blount—CMNH 35384; GSMNP 3981, 3990; LSUMZ 12260; TU 5559; UL 1746; UMMZ 116316; USNM 169882, 226572; UTKVZC 4446.  Chester—APSU 19064.  Cocke—AMNH R-121510.  Coffee—FLMNH 46164.  Fayette—APSU 12263, 14676, 15581, 16175.  Gibson—APSU 15586.  Grainger—UMMZ 116317. Greene—NLU 39178; UMMZ 101424, 103575, 110192, 110193. Hancock—APSU 19106.  Hardeman—APSU 15239, 15419; CMNH 19896; UMMZ 84452, 183677. Hardin—APSU 17690. Haywood—APSU 3333, 12271, 18241. Jefferson—TU 17601. Knox—FLMNH 19293; MCZ 60, 201; UTKVZC 4174, 4180, 4186, 4190.  Madison—APSU 18851, 18951. Marion—APSU 18127; LSUMZ 23500. McMinn—FLMNH 19284, 19286, 19291, 19296, 19299-19301; NCSM 8404, 8406, 8407, 8767, 8768, 8775, 8778, 8779. McNairy—APSU 12264, 12267, 12268. Meigs—FLMNH 19283, 19285, 19302-19304; NCSM 8773. Monroe—APSU 12392; FLMNH 19289, 19292, 19294, 19295, 19297, 19298; NCSM 8405, 8770; UTKVZC 6602. Polk—FLMNH 19288; NCSM 8772; UTKVZC 6292, 7032.  Rhea—FLMNH 19287.  Roane—NCSM 8763; TTU 303.  Sevier—CMNH 35385; GSMNP 3980, 3983-3989, 3991; NCSM 8403; NLU 12671, 53645; TU 17745; UMMZ 84332; USNM 87311.  Shelby—APSU 12265, 12266, 12270, 12381, 12390, 14157-14161, 14164, 14166-14168, 15445, 15446.  Tipton—FLMNH 115501. Union—APSU 19180.  Van Buren—UTKVZC 6534.  Wayne—APSU 19973.

Literature Sources by Counties: Anderson—Johnson (1964), Jenkins et al. (2001), Byrd and Fox (2017).  Blount—King (1939), Huheey and Stupka (1967), Burbrink (2002).  Cannon—Miller and Miller (1993), Miller et al. (2015).  Chester—Stanley and Butterfield (2011).  Coffee—Miller et al. (2005).  Fayette—Parker (1948).  Franklin—McCrady and Rodarmor (1967), Cameron and McCrady (1978).  Hamilton—Miller (1996).  Hancock—Daniels et al. (2012).  Hardeman—Norton (1971), Norton and Harvey (1975).  Haywood—Stanley (2005).  Lawrence—Miller (2013b).  Loudon—Grove and Steen (2015).  McNairy—Endsley (1954).  Obion—Bechtel (1980).  Roane—Johnson (1964).  Rutherford—Miller and Miller (2010).  Sevier—King (1939), Huheey and Stupka (1967).  Shelby—Parker (1948), Bechtel (1980), Dyrkacz (1981).  Union—Nelson et al. (2012). 

Questionable and/or Erroneous Records: None. 

Conservation Status: None. 

Posted: 19 December 2008

Latest Revision: 18 November 2019

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