Many people keep corn snakes world wide for various reasons. The snakes have generally good temperament, with it ranging from fair to excellent. Wild snakes might bite when they are captured, but once they are in captivity the biting usually goes away with time. The snakes are easy to keep because the mice they eat are easy to obtain, they reproduce easily, there is lots of information on for the snake, and it's large enough to suit many peoples' tastes but not so large that its size is overwhelming or dangerous. Ther are many corn snakes available because of the great numbers of snakes bred in captivity.
Corn snakes are good for people for many different reasons.
There are smaller blotches on the sides of the snake. The first blotch on the back splits to form a spear point on tp of the animals head. There are other strips on the side of the head that run through the snake's eyes and they meet at the top of the head in front of the eyes. The ground color varies between orange, gray, and brown. Blotches on the underside of the snake are darker or redder than the ground color.