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RE: Reason for striking coloration

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Posted by: peter54 at Sun Apr 27 06:43:52 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by peter54 ]  
   

Milksnakes coloration is a natural protective mimic of the poisonous coral snake. The coral snake has been more widely spread earlier thru historic times and therefore there are several subspecies to the milksnake with warning colors in areas where there are no coral snakes today.

One subspecies to the milksnake species, the eastern milksnake, ranges thru areas where coral snakes have never been present and therefore it mimics the coloration of the fox snake (Panterophis vulpina) instead.

   

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