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The black kingsnake is a large to medium constrictor. Adult specimens attain an average size of 90 to 122 centimetres (35 to 48 in) in total length, with some reaching maximum total lengths of 147 to 183 centimetres (58 to 72 in).
Mole Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster) Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula) Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides) Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) Redbelly Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster) Banded Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata) Green Water Snake (Nerodia floridana)
L. g. getula can be quite docile even when caught wild Florida kingsnake in Dixie County, Florida. Adult specimens of the speckled kingsnake, L. g. holbrooki, are the smallest race at 91.5 cm (36.0 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL) on average, while L. g. getula is the largest at 107 cm (42 in) SVL on average. [7]
Kingsnakes vary widely in size and coloration. They can be as small as 24" (61 cm) or as long as 60" (152 cm). [2] Some kingsnakes are colored in muted browns to black, while others are brightly marked in white, reds, yellows, grays, and lavenders that form rings, longitudinal stripes, speckles, and saddle-shaped bands.
Eating a southern leopard frog. The southern black racer is a predator that relies on lizards, insects, moles, birds, eggs, small snakes, rodents, and frogs. Despite its specific name constrictor (scientific name: Coluber constrictor), the racer is more likely to suffocate or crush its victim into the ground, rather than coiling around it in typical constrictor fashion.
Scarlet kingsnake: Lampropeltis elapsoides: Colubridae: Eastern kingsnake: Lampropeltis getula getula: Colubridae: Secure (S5) Eastern black kingsnake: Lampropeltis nigra: Colubridae: Imperiled (S2) Northern mole kingsnake: Lampropeltis rhombomaculata: Colubridae: Secure (S5) Eastern milk snake: Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum: Colubridae ...
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This species occupies rocky areas and places lush with vegetation in various regions of the Sonora Desert, Northwestern Sinaloa, Mexico, and small parts of Arizona.Recent evidence suggests that species found within Arizona, despite their dark markings, are actually a cross between the Mexican black Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula nigrita), the California kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae), or ...