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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. The original uploader was BillC at English Wikipedia. Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. User licence kindly provided to Wikipedia under the GFDL by photographer: Mike Pingleton The Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City, MO.Red milk snake ( Lampropeltis triangulum syspila) Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA. Peterson Field Guides: Reptiles and Amphibians (Eastern/Central North America).

Scarlet Kingsnakes are the most strikingly colored snake in our region.īest places to see in Tennessee: Pine or hardwood forests at Land Between the Lakes or in Unaka Mountains.Ĭonant, R.

Name comes from the old wives tale, which incorrectly thought that these snakes could milk cows.

Populations are not protected in Tennessee. Status in Tennessee: Milksnakes are secretive, but widespread across the state. Females lay a clutch of 2-17 elliptical eggs about 30-40 days after breeding. Females choose nest sites under rocks, logs, or rotten stumps that are warm and humid.

They also live under rocks or logs in other habitats including fields, savannahs, agricultural, suburban, wetlands, and forest edges.ĭiet: Prefers mice, shrews, and voles but also eats lizards, snakes, birds, and eggs.īreeding information: Adults breed in the spring. Habitat: Milksnakes are found in a variety of habitats, but generally prefer pine or hardwood forests with rock outcroppings.

Watersnakes have keeled scales and divided anal scales.

Ĝopperhead has a copper-colored, unmarked head and triangular shapes on side of body.

North American Racers and Gray Ratsnakes have divided anal scales.

ĝark markings on back of Mole Kingsnake are well separated.

Red Cornsnake has a spearpoint pattern between the eyes and underside of tail is striped.

Prairie Kingsnake has brown blotches on the back and belly is brown or yellowish-brown.

Belly is marked with black and white checkerboard pattern, except dorsal pattern on Scarlet Kingsnake continues onto belly.

Scarlet Kingsnake has a red snout and alternating bands of red, black, and yellow the length of the body in which red touches black but not yellow. Small, black markings occur along the sides.

Red Milksnake has a white or yellow body with red, reddish-brown, or orange-red, black-bordered blotches on the back. Smaller, similar blotches also extend along the lower sides. Eastern Milksnake has a gray or tan body with irregular brownish or reddish-brown, black-bordered blotches down the back sometimes has a pale "Y" or "V" shaped mark on the back of the head. The ranges for all 3 subspecies overlap in Middle and lower East Tennessee.ĭescription: A slender, medium-sized, shiny snake (24.0 to 36.0 inches in length for Eastern 21.0 to 28.0 for Red 14.0 to 20.0 for Scarlet Kingsnake) with bright colors or strong patterns. elapsoides) extends from southern Land Between the Lakes southward along the Tennessee River to the Mississippi/Alabama border. syspila) is distributed across most of West Tennessee, and Scarlet Kingsnake (L. triangulum) occurs in upper East Tennessee, Red Milksnake (L. Three subspecies of this brightly colored and strongly patterned snake occur in Tennessee: Eastern Milksnake (L.