Fox Snake

The fox snake has a well-camouflaged brown and beige body and grows up to five feet. As a member of the rat snake family, this snake constricts its prey. When DuPage County was once farmed and contained thousands of acres of corn and grain fields, rodents were plentiful; the fox snake kept the rodent population in check in former DuPage. Today, the fox snake lives in grassy areas in DuPage forest preserves. This fox snake is used in educational programs about native wildlife at Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. It is handled by naturalist Kevin Luby. Willowbrook is owned and operated by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.

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