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Lampropeltis getula, commonly known as the eastern kingsnake, [3] common kingsnake, [4] or chain kingsnake, [5] is a harmless colubrid species endemic to the United States. It has long been a favorite among collectors. [5] Four subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. [6]
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). [3] [4] It is generally similar to L. getula getula, although its can be distinguished by its geography and ...
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.
Snakes, including the Eastern kingsnake. Hawks. Opossums. Raccoons “Just about anything that’s hungry will eat them,” Beane said.
The Apalachicola kingsnake (also known as the Apalachicola Lowlands kingsnake) is a subspecies of nonvenomous colubrid snake found in a small area of the Florida Panhandle known as the Apalachicola Lowlands. Long argued as to whether or not it is a subspecies, the Apalachicola kingsnake was formerly named Lampropeltis getula goini.
The Eastern ratsnake is larger than the kingsnake, but kingsnakes can kill and eat ratsnakes. A quick internet search will pull up some interesting videos of just such an act. The Eastern ratsnake ...
The eastern milk snake ranges from Maine to Ontario in the north to Alabama and North Carolina in the south. [4] It was once thought by herpetologists to intergrade with the scarlet kingsnake (Lampropeltis elapsoides) in a portion of its southern range, but this has been disproved. [5] [6]
Its specific name, elapsoides, is a Latinization of the Greek word éllops (ελλοπς) [9] which refers to coral and was used to describe the 19th century genus, Elaps (the type genus of the family Elapidae), which included the eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius), a venomous species which the scarlet kingsnake resembles and with which the ...