It’s a black and white species that shares some physical characteristics of the Eastern King Snakes. In the mountains of California the black face on the banded snake is the key identifying feature of the California Mountain King Snake.Ĭalifornia also is home to the less colorful California King Snake. In the East, the black at the front of the face is the first physical indication for identifying the venomous Coral Snake. The face, starting at the nose, is black. Now, why is that particular configuration important? Compare the description with the next picture. The remaining body circles are white, black and red. Upon closer inspection, they can be identified by a white face, followed by a black head. The picture highlights all the similar physical features they share with many other kingsnake and milk snake genera, a pattern that includes red stripes around the body. Their range is limited to Nevada, Utah and of course Arizona in the United States. The picture highlights how its physical features, yellow speckles over an otherwise dark body, contrasts with its relative the Eastern Kingsnake.Īrizona Mountain Kingsnakes bring their color in the southern portion of the Rocky Mountains. Speckled Kingsnakes inhabit areas of the Midwest and grow to an average size of about three feet. It starts with the Speckled Kingsnake (Lampropeltis holbrooki). Readers interested in learning about other common types of snakes in the United States can press the green snakes button. This page provides a sample of representative species in the kingsnake and milksnake genera that share the land from coast to coast. Their docile nature and colorful bodies make them popular in the reptile trade. Currently herpetologists lump kingsnakes together as either different species or as a group of subspecies with about eight listed in the United States. Categorizing the snakes can be tricky.Īs the pictures on this page demonstrate, their banding patterns and colors suggest they are all related. Kingsnakes belong to the same genera (Lampropeltis) as Milk Snakes, another colorful group of banded snakes that are common throughout the East, and present, although less common in the West.
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