#lampropeltis

[herpsandbirds]

Greer's Mexican Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis mexicana greeri), family Colubridae, Mexico

photographs by HERP.MX

[snototter]

A Utah milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum taylori) in the western United States

by Rye Jones

[sandelion]

A rare appearance from Monchie!

[wonda-ch]

Happy world snake day 🐍

[al0nelybirdsong]

snake profile #2, requested by @zimswife!

the eastern milksnake, Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum!

size: 24” - 36”(60cm - 36cm) description: Reddish-brown dorsal “saddles” or splotches with black bordering surrounded by tan or white scales, round pupils habitat: Found in forested areas, rocky hillsides, and near human settlements, especially those abundant with rodent activity. Can be found crossing roads at night and underneath rotting logs or damp trash behaviors: Small teeth and delicate jaws, captures and constricts prey with its jaws around it. Mostly feeds on rodents, but will also eat other snakes - including venomous ones! fun fact: they get their common name from the myth that they suck the milk out of human and cow mothers, as theyre commonly found in barns. this isnt true at all, though! snakes dont drink milk!

when out and about, keep in mind the saying "red on yellow hurts a fellow, red on black's a friend of jack"! these guys are adapted to look like the venomous coral snake, but are totally harmless - check where the red saddles touch! hope you enjoy B)

[h3aso3]

Of course after over a year of exploring numerous parks looking for snakes, the day after I get my first pet snake, is when I get to find my first two wild snakes.

Well, I shouldn’t say first wild snakes. I’ve seen at least three snakes in the past, but they were during times of my life where I was pretty indifferent towards snakes. I once saw a DeKay’s Brown Snake, my mom says we’ve also seen a Garter Snake, and I remember seeing what was either a king snake, a scarlet snake, or a coral snake down in Florida. Unfortunately the tour guide in Florida was a fearmongering asshole who fed us that stupid red touches yellow rhyme, so even if I did initially want to see the snake, that dude made me, along with all the other kids, afraid of it. It was pretty big so it was more likely than not a king snake, so I really missed out.

Anyways, Ring-Necked Snake and Milk Snake.

They were surprisingly calm. Didn’t even strike, try to bite, or even musk me. That’s dried silicone on the glove. They were also surprisingly soft

[skatinfosatan]

Queen of the Kalmiopsis

[omg-snakes]

Mountain kingsnake at California Academy of Sciences. I'm a little iffy on why this nonvenomous snake was in the Venom exhibit but I guess it had to be *somewhere*.