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Males typically are larger than females in maturity, although females can be bulkier than males similar in length as well. However, unusually large milk snakes can become rather bulkier than average-sized adults and potentially weigh up to 750 to 1,400 g (1.65 to 3.09 lb), though high weights as such are generally reported from captivity. Adults in the wild apparently average from 38 to 225 g (1.3 to 7.9 oz) in North America. Depending on subspecies, they can be as small as 14" (36cm) or as large as 72" (183cm) long.
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There is a significant amount of variation among milk snakes in terms of size. Milk snakes enter hibernation from late October or November to mid-April. In some situations, milk snakes also migrate seasonally, during the winter they move to higher and drier habitats for hibernation and moister habitats for the summer. Typically, milk snakes live in forested regions however, they can also be found in swamps, prairie, farmland, rocky slopes, and sand dunes/beaches. HabitatĪcross the wide range of this species, habitat varies. Milk snakes can be found from the southeastern extreme of Canada through the eastern half of the United States. Triangulum: Maine to Minnesota, Wisconsin, N Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Illinois, Kentucky, S Quebec (Canada) Taylori: C/NE Utah, W Colorado, N Arizona Syspila: S Indiana through NW Mississippi, W Kentucky, SE South Dakota through E Oklahoma, Kansas. Stuarti: El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, NW Costa Rica (pacific side) Smithi: SE San Luis PotosÃ, E Querétaro, Hidalgo, NE Puebla, Veracruz (Mexico) Sinaloae: SW Sonora, Sinaloa, SW Chihuahua (Mexico) Polyzona: Vera Cruz, E San Luis PotosÃ, Tabasco, Belize Oligozona: Oaxaca, Chiapas (Mexico), Esquintla (Guatemala) Nelsoni: S Guanjuato, C Jalisco, Colima, NW Michoacán, Tres Marias Multistrata: C/N Nebraska, C Montana, SW North Dakota, C Wyoming Micropholis: Costa Rica, Panamá, Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador
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Hondurensis: carribbean side of Honduras, Nicaragua, NE Costa Rica Gentilis: Kansas, W Oklahoma, E Colorado, Texas panhandle, C/SW Nebraska, C/W Kansas George Island, Apalachicola Island ), Mississippi, Tennessee, S Kentucky
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Mexico (Campeche etc.), Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama,Ĭolombia, Venezuela, Ecuador elevation (Honduras): 1140 mĪmaura: SW Arkansas, SE Oklahoma south to the golf coast of Texas and Louisiana.Īndesiana: Huila (Columbia), Venezuela (Tachira, Mérida) ).Īnnulata: S Texas, S Tamaulipas to C Nuevo Léon, S ,E Coahuila (Mexico)Īrcifera: Morelos, Guerrero, Michoacán, Jalisco, W Querétaro (Mexico)Ĭampbelli: S Puebla, E Morelos, N Oaxaca (Mexico)Ĭonanti: Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero, Oaxaca (Mexico)ĭixoni: S San Luis PotosÃ, NE Querétaro, Guanajuato (Mexico)Įlapsoides: N Virginia, North Carolina through S Florida (incl. Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, S Maine) USA (Illinois, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Parental Investment: no parental involvementĬontinent: Middle-America South-America North-America Once the eggs are laid there is no further parental care. Milk snake females choose nest sites that are warm and humid. Key Reproductive Features: iteroparous seasonal breeding sexual oviparous
SONORAN MILKSNAKE FULL
It takes 3 to 4 years to reach full maturity.īreeding interval: Milk snakes breed once yearly.īreeding season: Breeding occurs in spring and early summer, from April through June.Īverage age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female): 3 to 4 years.Īverage age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male): 3 to 4 years. The young are always brightly colored, though color dulls as maturity is reached. Eggs hatch after an incubation period of 28 to 39 days with hatchlings measuring from 14 to 28 cm long upon hatching. These eggs are laid in clutch sizes of 2 to 17, usually about 10 (Vogt 1981). Milk snakes lay elliptical eggs in rotting logs or humus in the spring or early summer (Audubon 1979). Mating System: polygynandrous (promiscuous) They mate in spring before emerging and dispersing to their summer ranges. Milk snakes probably mate while still in their hibernacula.