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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 ]
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.
Prairie kingsnakes are found mostly in the midwestern and southeastern United States although they can be found in other areas. [1] Their additional range extends west from southeast Nebraska to eastern Texas.
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]
Eastern hognose snake: Heterodon platirhinos: Colubridae: Secure (S5) 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 ...
The snakes typically range between 18 inches and four feet long. A western rattlesnake basks in a terrarium. Western rattlesnakes’ venom stuns or kills their prey such as mice, squirrels ...
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
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.