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....not sure if I can mention which one, but it states....milk snakes are king snakes, they are just the only ones that do not have "kingsnake" in the name. Except the scarlet kingsnake, which is a milk.....or something like that.
I have never heard of milk snakes being called a kingsnake. Anyone got any feedback on this?
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****Misty****
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They are all members of the genus Lampropeltis - "King" and "Milk" are just common names.
In some languages, they all have the same general common name.
If you really want to have fun - some treefrogs are the genus hyla and some treefrogs are genus pseudacris.
I think all chorus frogs are the genus pseudacris - but not all pseudacris are chorus frogs.
The common name does not do a very good job at showing the relationship of animals to each other. That's what scientific name is for, and both milksnakes and kingsnakes are the same genus.
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Misty, don't forget that corns are rat snakes 
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