milk snake

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milk snake:

see king snakeking snake,
name for a number of species of the genus Lampropeltis, nonvenomous, egg-laying, constricting snakes of North America which show much variation in color and markings.
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The RSPCA arrived and said it was a 3ft milk snake that are quite commonly kept as pets so must have either escaped or been abandoned."
Specifically milk snakes depredated nests that were placed more in the center of the fields (mean distance from edge = 90.4 m, SE = 16.4, n = 9 visits) compared to the other major predators (mean distance from edge = 45.8 m, se = 5.5, n = 35 visits).
Jake mimicked the snake, snapping his lips open and closed, and began to sing, "My milk snake brings all the boys to the yard."
7:25 p.m.: Kendall Hill Road, milk snake found in the boiler room again.
The two-foot long Mexican milk snake, which crushes its prey before devouring it whole, took a shine to Woman At Large, in Spon Street, Coventry.
The red-and-black snake, believed to be a non-venomous Honduran milk snake, was captured by staff of an animal protection center near Maibara Station, the next stop after Kyoto for Tokyo-bound bullet trains.
Startled shoppers called the police and animal welfare experts when they saw the Honduran milk snake slither into the back bumper of Gary Bunton's motor.
Although Conway (1978) states that eight snake species were observed, he mentions only six by name: cottonmouth, copperhead, timber rattlesnake, gray ratsnake, water snake (Nerodia sp.), and red milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum syspila).
The 4ft milk snake was taken from Stockton Council's Animal Welfare HQ on Church Road in the town.
While this visitor was an angry milk snake, the next could possibly be a rattler, which are quite common in our area.
Hu and his collaborators used video and mathematical models to analyze the distribution of forces as a milk snake moves forward on a flat surface with little to push against.
AFTER giving her owner the slip six months ago, Milk Snake Hannah is back home all cosy and warm.