Morning Snake Crossing at the Nature Center- A Red (Rosy) Rat Snake, Pantherophis guttatus, also referred to as the corn snake from their habit of feeding on mice inside of farmer’s grain storehouses, the red rat snake is a common snake of hammocks, rocklands, and coastal forests. A natural pest control, rat snakes can eat hundreds of rats in a lifetime. Individuals found in the Florida Keys have less black in their brilliant red and orange patterning, as well as a less well defined checkerboard