A yard with flowery trees and green bushes - Dejavu Designs/Getty Images Your yard is alive with wild animals. From sing-song birds to mischievous squirrels to — snakes? That's right: snakes are ...

Clad in bright orange and red patterns, the corn snake is endemic to the Southeastern United States. In the wild, it lives in large fields, tall trees, forest openings, and abandoned or empty ...

— Erin Clawson, Sun Prairie, Wis. A Dr. Christoph Mans, exotic animal specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Veterinary Care Hospital: There are more than 3,400 snake species worldwide, ...