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Prarie Kingsnake

Photo by JohnFlach
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Field Notes

Description:

Snake in Missouri near Kansas City

Habitat:

Wooded trail near river

Species ID Suggestions

Prairie kingsnake

Lampropeltis calligaster

Comments (4)

While the body pattern is similar to the western fox snake, the prairie kingsnake has a wider distribution throughout the state (the fox snake is only known from a few counties on the northern edge of the state), and the kingsnake has a stripe from the eye to the corner of the mouth, while the fox snake does not.
Looks like the Western Fox Snake on pg 5 http://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/resources/2010/05/5187_3026.pdf

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