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DMong
at Sat Oct 1 13:17:37 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
The one with bright yellow inner triad rings, and the pointed red snout/head.
No doubt a Scarlet kingsnake..LOL!. This is the only one of the original 25 classified milksnake subspecies(triangulum) that also has the name "kingsnake" associated with it's common name, even though all milks and kings belong to the same genus (Lampropeltis).
However, as of 2006, the Scarlet kingsnake was found to be distinct enough to be re-classified as it's own species(Harper), dropping the subspecific name "triangulum". So, for the time being, it is now "Lampropeltis elapsoides".
~Doug ----- "a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 

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