King snake georgia snake identification. In general kingsnakes are well known. If you find any one of these snakes on your property then it is either just passing through or is living there because there is a food source. Generally individuals from the coastal plain have wide bands while those from the mountains may have very.
According to a 2012 study georgia has 1567 snakes per square mile surpassing arizonas 152 for the largest number in the country. This list needs pictures and descriptions for each snake listed to fit the goals of the snake project. Coral snakes belong to the elapids family of snakes which includes some of the deadliest snakes in the world such as cobras and mambas.
Savitzky said that some species of kingsnake are bitier and snappier than others but that it mostly comes down to the individual temperament of the snake. Eastern kingsnakes are large 36 48 in 90 122 cm shiny black smooth scaled snakes with white or yellow chain link bands that cross the back and connect along the sides. King snakes are nonvenomous snakes that belong to the lampropeltis genus.
Georgia geography roughly divided into he coastal plain the piedmont and the northern mountain areas means that not all georgia snakes live in every environment. The milk snake mole king snake and eastern king snake. Both venomous and non venomous snakes do not see you as prey.
There are six venomous snake species in georgia copperhead pigmy rattlesnake timber rattlesnake cottonmouth eastern diamondback rattlesnake eastern coral snake and 39 non venomous snake species. A subspecies of the milk snake the scarlet king snake also lives in georgia. Formal numbers for georgia snakes tend to change as snake taxonomy changes.
This is the only venomous snake in the georgia that isn. Brown 1901 mexican milk snake lampropeltis annulata kennicott 1860 california kingsnake lampropeltis californiae blainville 1835 prairie kingsnake lampropeltis calligaster. Most snakes you see will likely be non venomous.
Three king snakes live in georgia. In georgia you may find a kingsnake queen snake rat snake midland water snake corn snake or black racer all of which are non venomous and do not harm humans even when they bite. Guatemalan milk snake lampropeltis abnorma bocourt 1886 gray banded kingsnake lampropeltis alterna a.