Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
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.
A black kingsnake consuming an Eastern Garter Snake. Black kingsnakes occupy a wide variety of habitats and are one of the most frequently encountered species by humans in some states. Preferred habitats include abandoned farmsteads, debris piles, edges of floodplains, and thick brush around streams and swamps. [3]
King snake. California kingsnake; Desert kingsnake; Grey-banded kingsnake; North eastern king snake; Prairie kingsnake; Scarlet kingsnake; Speckled kingsnake; Krait. Banded krait; Blue krait; Black krait; Burmese krait; Ceylon krait; Indian krait; Lesser black krait [1] Malayan krait; Many-banded krait; Northeastern hill krait [2] Red-headed ...
Black kingsnake: southwestern 1/3: common: minimal Lampropeltis triangulum syspila: Red milk snake: southwest: common: minimal Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum: Eastern milk snake: everywhere but southwest: common: minimal Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta: Copperbelly water snake: southern 1/3 and northeast corner: state endangered, federally ...
The coral snake has black and red rings, separated by smaller yellow rings; hence, the “red touches yellow” rhyme. Habitat: Coastal Plains; they love sandy soils and underground burrows or holes.
The range of scarlet kingsnakes extends considerably further north and northeast than the eastern coral snake. [11] [12] The scarlet kingsnake was once believed to have intergraded with the eastern milk snake, which produced a variation once named as a subspecies called the Coastal Plains milk snake (L. t. temporalis), but this is no longer ...
The speckled kingsnake usually grows up to 48 in (120 cm) in total length (including tail), but the record total length is 72 in (180 cm). The common name is derived from its pattern, which is black, with small yellow-white specks, one speck in the center of almost every dorsal scale. It is also known as the "salt-and-pepper snake". [3]