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Snake poem to identify dangerous or poisonous snakes. If the snake has a black nose, it's a Coral Snake. That I've taken good photographs of both snakes side by side for comparison.Ĭlick here for my nationwide list of 100's of professional snake trappers serving all 50 states. I'm pretty proud that I was able to catch Coral Snakes, and my good friend Ben recently caught a rare Scarlet Kingsnake in the wild (snake removal customer call), and If you like this blog post, please let Gary know via the comments section below and we will bring you more of these natural history posts in the future.Need snake removal in your hometown? We service over 500 USA locations! Click here to hire us in your town and check prices - updated for year 2020. Once again, whether you are thinking about getting a snake for the first time or are an experienced keeper I encourage you to look into the prospect of owning a Milk Snake as they are a calm and gentle snake which make a great pet and are some of the most astonishing coloured pets on the market today. I truly hope that you have enjoyed learning about the Milk Snake. I would go so far to say that if you have children and they want a first time snake make sure to consider purchasing a Milk Snake. I have never once been bitten by any of the Milk Snakes that I have owned. They are an extremely calm snake which tolerates handling very well. It has been my experience that the Milk Snake  is one of the very best species for people who are getting into the reptile hobby for the first time. In my decade ‘plus’ of experience I have handled too many snakes to count. My personal favorite is the Splotched Sinaloan Milk Snake produced by Robert Applegate of Applegate Reptiles. Today we can purchase various colours and patterns of Milk Snakes ranging from stripes to spots and mixtures of stripes and spots as well as solid coloured high contrast species. The word morph refers to variations in colour and even patterns that are selected by a breeder and then bred specifically to enhance a specific trait. Today, through the efforts of captive breeders, we have what are known as morphs. The Coral Snake has few predators so it is believed that the Milk Snake and some Kingsnakes evolved to become mimics in order to ward off predators. This evolved as a form of Batesian mimicry of the Coral Snake a highly venomous species in the Elapidae family with which Milk Snakes and Kingsnakes sometimes share a habitat with. The combinations and widths of these bands vary between species. In the wild most Milk Snakes come in the typical three colour variation of black, red, orange, yellow, or white. Now this is where the fun begins for herpetoculturists breeders of Milk Snakes ( Lampropeltis triangulum) have been working with this species for so long, that there are some incredible colour variations offered now. Generally speaking Milk Snakes achieve an adult size of 3-4’ in total length which makes them the perfect pet for any home. According to Robert Applegate’s book Kingsnakes and Milksnakes in Captivity “They have the largest natural geographic range of any land snake and live from below sea level to over a mile high.†Size The Lampropeltis genus is found from Southeastern Canada all the way to Northern South America and inhabit a wide variety of habitats capable of supporting reptile life. Tricolors, generally refer to some Kingsnake and most Milk Snakes three coloured ringed pattern. Another term that is often thrown around in certain circles within the industry is that of ‘Tricolors’. Regardless, the name once again stuck and has been used since. I assure you that no cow to my knowledge would stand for six rows of teeth being embedded into its teat without some type of reaction. When he attempted to milk the cow he noticed that there was a shortage of milk and made the connection that the snake must have had something to do with this. The Milk Snake name may have come from a farmer of old going to his barn and discovering a snake near the cow he was going to milk. Logically, this would make it the ‘King of Snakes’ and the name simply stuck. The Kingsnake most likely achieved their common name by someone observing them eat a venomous Rattlesnake. From all the research I have done I have come to the same conclusion as many of my colleagues and mentors have.