The Scarlet Kingsnake is uncommon to fairly common in the North Carolina coastal plain and sandhills and rare elsewhere in the state. It is the same species, but different subspecies, as the much different looking Eastern Milk Snake.
Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides) Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 This Scarlet Kingsnake is resting on Sandhills Pyxie-moss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia), a rare plant endemic to the Carolinas. | |
Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides) Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 Non-venomous and harmless to humans, Scarlet Kingsnakes are constrictors, feeding on mice, shrews, and small reptiles like lizards and other snakes. | |
Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides) Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 Scarlet Kingsnakes can be distinguished from the similar but venomous Coral Snake by the color of its snout (red in Scarlet Kingsnake and black in Coral Snakes) and by its color pattern (red touches black in Scarlet Kingsnake; red touches yellow in Coral Snake). | |
Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides) Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 | |
Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides) Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 Scarlet Kingsnakes have a detailed belly pattern similar to the dorsal pattern with the addition of black spots in the light bands, whereas the similar Scarlet Snake has an unmarked light belly. | |
Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides) Moore Co., NC 20 Apr 2013 | |
Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides) Moore Co., NC 20 Apr 2013 | |
Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides) Moore Co., NC 20 Apr 2013 | |
Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides) Moore Co., NC 20 Apr 2013 |
Created on ... March 14, 2004 | Updated on ... Mar 14, 2007 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com