Conant's Milk Snake

Common Name: Conant's Milk Snake  
Scientific Name: Lampropeltis triangulum conanti

Information Sheet - Conant's Milk Snake

Introduction:

Lampropeltis triangulum conanti, or by its common name, the Conant’s Milksnake, is a brilliantly colored snake hence is attractive to look at.

General:

Its body has pronounced red rings that can number from about eleven to twenty-one. These red rings are the widest of the rings that adorn it. Yellow rings also appear at lateral and dorsal spots, at about the middle of lone black bands, as opposed to a yellow being bordered on both sides by black rings. Ventrally, yellow is typically absent. This snake features a black head and snout, with the red scales being tipped in black.

Geographic Range:

The geographical range for these snakes is the Oaxaca area in Mexico, as well as the Sierre Madre del Sur. As with their diet, it mainly consists of other snakes, lizards, amphibians, like frogs, birds and small rodents, such as rats and mice.

Habitat:

Its habitat comprises of woodland of oak or pine, in rocky higher elevations of about five thousand six hundred feet.

Reproduction:

Its clutch size can be from six to eight. This snake hatches at about eight to ten inches, growing in adulthood to be forty to forty eight inches.

Captivity:

They are relatively rare and uncommon in collections, though can be acquired by licensed breeders. Conant’s milksnakes can and will escape if their enclosures are left with any gaps, so caution must be paid to the build quality of their housing. These enclosures can be made up of anything form shoeboxes to customized enclosures, though aquariums are mostly recommended for heating and lighting purposes. The screen top must be fastened with a secure slide screen for feeding, but must be secure enough for the snake not to test the boundaries of accidentally opening it, as they are hard to locate once out of their enclosures.