OuiSi Nature card 30: Madrean Mountain Kingsnake. Photograph by Jose G Martinez-Fonseca The whole photograph behind card 30: Madrean Mountain Kingsnake. Photograph by Jose G Martinez-Fonseca

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Madrean Mountain Kingsnake

Lampropeltis knoblochi

Location
Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, United States
Date
July 26, 2020
Photograph byJose G Martinez-Fonseca

Description

Kingsnakes are beautiful non-venomous snake species that confuse predators by wearing the warning colors of the "true" venomous coral snakes. There are many species distributed across most of the American continent inhabiting a large variety of different habitats from deserts to tropical jungles. Many kingsnakes prey on other snakes, including venomous ones!

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Jose G Martinez-Fonseca

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Jose G Martinez-Fonseca

Wildlife and landscape photographer, PhD student at Northern Arizona University

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OuiSi Nature card 30: Madrean Mountain Kingsnake. Photograph by Jose G Martinez-Fonseca The whole photograph behind card 30: Madrean Mountain Kingsnake. Photograph by Jose G Martinez-Fonseca

Madrean Mountain Kingsnake

Photograph by Jose G Martinez-Fonseca