
Desert KingsnakeMore photos coming soon... |
| Scientific Name: |
- Lampropeltis Getula Splendida
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| Description: |
- Also known as "Common Kingsnake". Formally known as Sonoran Kingsnake.
- Interbreeding with Speckled Snake at the Eastern of Texas
- Yellow and blank in colour with variation of patterns on the smooth and shiny scales
- They are nocturnal, the snake will become active at late evening and night
- This animal is secretive, it always hides beneath the logs in wild
- Immune to venomous snake
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| Distribution: |
- Central and South Western of Texas
- Desert regions, South Eastern Arizona
- Sonora of Mexico
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| Breeding: |
- Early summer
- At age of 3 to 4
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| Nesting: |
- 4 to 20 eggs per clutch between May and August
- The eggs hatch after 48 to 80 days
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| Size: |
- Hatchling: 7 to 10 inches
- Adult: 36 to 45 inches
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| Diet: |
- Main diets are rodents, mice, rats, eggs, lizards, and other snakes
- In captivity, suggested 3 to 5 days feeding frequency with small mice or pinkies
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| Habitat: |
- A habitat generalist
- May be found at many places like marshes, grassland, chapparal, riparian areas, desert, farmland, forest or woodlands
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- The snake is doctile and quite calm if regular handling in captivity
- Great collection for exoctic pet lover collection
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