Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae

Sinaloa Milk Snake ( Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae )

The Sinaloa Milk Snake ( Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae ), also called Sinaloa milk snake is a subspecies of Milk Snake ( Lampropeltis triangulum ) and is thus within the family of snakes ( Colubridae ) to the genus of the king snakes ( Lampropeltis ). The subspecies was first described scientifically in 1978 by the herpetologist Dr. Kenneth Lee Williams.

Description

The Sinaloa milk snake is a strong snake. It reaches 90-122 cm total length and is rarely greater. The basic coloration of the body is red, it is in large intervals black bands, which are separated by a white to each ocher band in two. Towards the tail, the distance between the bands may decrease. In the neck a black patch forms a triangle, the corresponding opposite side of the white bandage it takes on the shape of a funnel. The top of the head is black and the large, wide scales of the ventral side show bright staining and are stained black and pied. The Sinaloa milk snake can reach a maximum age of 20 years. It is nocturnal and crepuscular, and mostly ground -dwelling, looking but occasionally on low bushes.

Reproduction

About the cool winter months, the Sinaloa milk snake holds a winter rest. With the rise in temperatures in the spring, the breeding season begins. After the successful pairing of two animals, it takes about eight weeks to that the female deposits a clutch, it comprises between two and 17 eggs. The slip is carried out differ depending on the temperature at 28 degrees C after 56 to 64 days. At hatching, the hatchlings measure 23 to 25 centimeters.

Dissemination

The Sinaloa milk snake is common in Mexico. It comes in western Mexico from southwestern Sonora before up to Chihuahua. Name counts is their occurrence in Sinaloa. She lives in the coastal lowlands and advances at altitudes up to 1,000 meters. Among the populated habitats are dry to moderately moist areas, especially agricultural areas such as crop fields and deserts. About the day she keeps on with cacti, bushes, in huts and barns, under boards, sheets or similar hiding places.

Nutrition

The Sinaloa milk snake eats small mammals, such as rats and mice, which they also attract to the corn fields and cattle sheds, birds, eggs, and small reptiles such as lizards and other snakes.

Swell

• Uwe Dost: The Cosmos Book of Reptiles, Franckh Kosmos Verlag, ISBN 3-440-10129-0