>>What's the difference between an albino Ruthvens and an albino Nelson's? Is it that the former's a kingsnake and the latter's a milksnake?



well, that's true, but that's only part of it.



>> They look exactly alike as babies!



actually, when you've seen a number of them the differences are pretty distinctive.



What's the difference between a kingsnake and a milksnake? Size? Do they look totally different as adults?



this question's too broad--if you consider all Lampropeltis to be kingsnakes, then the milksnakes are just a subset, a kind of kingsnake with a different common name. I think actually they're distinguished in science by anatomical differences for the most part. Some milksnakes get as big as kingsnakes; some milksnakes are very small, far smaller than any kingsnake (with the exception of the scarlet "king" snake). There are half a dozen or more subspecies of kingsnakes in north america, and 26, i think it is, kinds of milksnakes ranging from the northeastern U.S. to south america. And how they look as adults varies widely.



a non-answer answer, perhaps...but i think it's factually sound.



peace

terry

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