Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis geluta)
Description: Adults 36" to nearly 72" in length. Color black or dark brown, with either white or pale yellow bands (subspecies californae), or yellow crossbands across back and yellow speckles along sides.
Common kingsnakes, which occur in a rainbow of polished colors, rate near the top of the most beautiful snakes of the world. For instance, the Sonora Mountain kingsnake of Arizona has narrow red and white rings separated by thin black rings.
Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)
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This subspecies of Common Kingsnake is sometimes called a Flecked Snake or Salt-n-Pepper Snake.
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Lampropeltis getula
Common Kingsnake
Lampropeltis getula californiae
California Kingsnake ...
OTHER NAMES: Chain Kingsnake, Common Kingsnake.
DESCRIPTION: A relatively long (usually 98-122 cm [3-4 ft.], but up to 2.1 m [6.9 ft.] total length), cylindrically bodied, supple snake with a head only slightly wider than the neck.
Some people like to obtain Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula) and release them on their property. Please do not. The Common Kingsnake does feed upon the Western Rattlesnake, but the Common Kingsnake is already widespread throughout Shasta County.
The General Care and Maintenance of Common Kingsnakes, by David Perlowin. 1992. Advanced Vivarium Systems, Lakeside CA.
Kingsnakes and Milksnakes, Ronald G. Markel. 1990. TFH Publications, Inc.
Known predators include ringneck snakes, common kingsnakes, deer mice, long-tailed weasels, domestic cats, California thrashers, American robins, and loggerhead shrikes.
Eastern box turtle eggs are preyed upon by snakes such as scarletsnakes (Cemophora coccinea), hog-nosed snakes (Heterodon spp.), common kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula), pinesnakes (Pituophis melanoleucus), and eastern ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta), ...
 See also: Kingsnake, Snake, Reptile, Lizard, Turtle
  
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