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The Mexican milksnake has distinct red, black and cream or yellow-colored banding, wrapping around the body. This coloration is, likely, an evolutionary survival tactic to ward-off potential predators by mimicking the venomous coral snake which shares much of the same habitat; this has led to the species sometimes being called a coral snake-"mimic".
Like all snakes, Andean milk snakes are carnivores. Young milk snakes mostly eat insects, while larger milk snakes eat small mammals, birds, eggs, amphibians, and other reptiles, including venomous snakes. Like most snakes, milk snakes only need to eat once every one or two weeks.
Like other milk snakes, the Sinaloan milk snake is nocturnal and feeds after dark and at night. Milk snakes are much more opportunistic eaters than fox snakes or corn snakes . They have been known to consume a variety of animals including rodents, eggs , birds , reptiles , amphibians and invertebrates .
Moulted skin of an albino Nelson's milksnake with 21 rows of scales Head of an albino Nelson's milksnake.. The snake has 13 to 18 red rings and commonly has a dark-flecked light snout (in rare cases, the snout is mostly black). [1]
Milk snakes are oviparous, laying an average of about 10 eggs per clutch, although that number may vary by region. [2] The milk snake mates from early May [17] to late June. In June and July, the female lays three to 24 eggs beneath logs, boards, rocks, and rotting vegetation. [17] The eggs are oval in shape, and white in color.
Snake myth #7: A baby copperhead bite is more potent. Verdict: It’s complicated. You’ll often hear that a bite from a baby copperhead is more dangerous than the bite from an adult, because the ...
[26]: 81 This snake has no teeth, but does have bony protrusions on the inside edge of its spine, which it uses to break the shell when eating eggs. [26]: 81 The majority of snakes eat a variety of prey animals, but there is some specialization in certain species. King cobras and the Australian bandy-bandy consume other snakes.
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