edu-ma-cate me... - FaunaClassifieds
FaunaClassifieds  
  Tired of those Google and InfoLink ads? Upgrade Your Membership!
  Inside FaunaClassifieds » Photo Gallery  
 

Go Back   FaunaClassifieds > Reptile & Amphibian - Snake Discussion Forums > Kingsnakes & Milksnakes Discussion Forum

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-16-2012, 11:26 PM   #1
tau001g012
Question edu-ma-cate me...

What is the difference/ similarities between king snakes and milk snakes? Other than they share a name on a chart somewhere? They seem to look very similar but I fail to see why there would be two 'names' for 'one' type of animal... what is it that sets them apart from each other?
Thanks in advance
 
Old 04-17-2012, 08:58 AM   #2
dumje
Well milksnakes tend to be smaller in the east and larger as you go west and into central America....milks are more colorful.....they are the coral snake Mimics....they tend to be a thinner animal....kingsnakes are larger in the east and smaller in the west....but overall are bigger than mills....more black...white....and yellow....more robust snake....anything else I miss?
 
Old 04-21-2012, 07:29 PM   #3
ssshane
Not bad!
 
Old 04-22-2012, 06:07 PM   #4
RossCA
Quote:
Originally Posted by tau001g012 View Post
What is the difference/ similarities between king snakes and milk snakes? Other than they share a name on a chart somewhere? They seem to look very similar but I fail to see why there would be two 'names' for 'one' type of animal... what is it that sets them apart from each other?
Thanks in advance
Who knows were you could get an answer to that. Its not just the Milk snake and kingsnake, there are also Mole snakes and now recently the short tailed snake that all belong to Lampropeltis. I think the reason is because these snake's common names (non scientific name) were given to them before they were classified as Lampropeltis. Just like Gopher, Pine, and Bull snakes are all Pituophis.
 
Old 04-22-2012, 06:09 PM   #5
RossCA
"Who knows where" I hate the fact this site has a non editing function outside the BOI.
 

Join now to reply to this thread or open new ones for your questions & comments! FaunaClassifieds.com is the largest online community about Reptile & Amphibians, Snakes, Lizards and number one classifieds service with thousands of ads to look for. Registration is open to everyone and FREE. Click Here to Register!

 
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:44 AM.







Fauna Top Sites


Powered by vBulletin® Version
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Page generated in 0.03623700 seconds with 9 queries
Content copyrighted ©2002-2022, FaunaClassifieds, LLC