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The milk snake or milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum), is a species of kingsnake; 24 subspecies are currently recognized. Lampropeltis elapsoides, the scarlet kingsnake, was formerly classified as a 25th subspecies (L. t. elapsoides), but is now recognized as a distinct species. [2]
Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum, commonly known as the eastern milk snake or eastern milksnake, is a subspecies of the milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum). [3] The nonvenomous, colubrid snake is indigenous to eastern and central North America .
King snakes and milk snakes must be housed separately (except during the breeding season) because they are cannibalistic. Sinaloan milk snakes can live an average of 22 years in captivity and have been known to live as long as 27 years. They can be flighty and will typically defecate when initially handled, though they will rarely bite.
They are red, black, and white or yellow as hatchlings. When they are between 6 and 10 months of age, the black milk snakes will begin to change colors, and start to turn black as they grow to adulthood. Adult black milk snakes average between 48 and 76 inches (4 feet – 6 feet 4 inches), but some have been known to grow up to 7 feet in length.
The Honduran milk snake is one of the larger subspecies of milk snake, attaining a length of 48 inches in the wild and some captive specimens reaching a length of 5 feet. The Honduran milk snake has a resemblance to the coral snake and this similarity in color, known as Batesian mimicry , helps protect the snake from potential predators.
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, ... Milk snake; Moccasin snake; Montpellier snake; Mud snake.
The Pueblan milk snake has a tri-color pattern of red, black, and white bands. Adult Pueblan milk snakes reach lengths of 36 to 48 inches. [4] The Pueblan milk snake has a resemblance to the coral snake and this similarity in colour, known as Batesian mimicry, helps protect the snake from potential predators. [5]
The Mexican milk snake is fairly short in length and large in width compared to other milk snake subspecies, given that they grow to approximately 24–30 inches (61–76 cm) in length, and that they have more girth overall. [6] It is not venomous, contrary to the coral snake which appears fairly similar to this milk snake.