
Eastern KingsnakeMore photos coming soon... |
| Scientific Name: |
- Lampropeltis getula getula
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| Description: |
- Also know as Common Kingsnake or Chain Kingsnake
- With smooth and shiny scales
- Black colour with yellowish spots or bands on the back and sides
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| Distribution: |
- Throughout the eastern of United States
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| Breeding: |
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| Nesting: |
- Eggs laid in June or July
- Incubation is about 60 to 75 days
- 10 to 18 per clutch
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| Size: |
- Adult size: 35 inches to 50 inches
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| Diet: |
- Similar to other kingsnake, Eastern Kingsnake eat other snakes, including venomous snakes.
- Other food sources are rodents, birds, eggs, and lizards.
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| Snake Habitat and Vivarium Housing: |
- Most likely found at the wetlands
- Hardwood forest, pine forest, mixed pine-hardwood forest, margins of hardwood swamps and freshwater marshes, and along creeks and streams.
- Maybe seen in terrestrial
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