Snakes

Last updated 6/8/98



Albino Burmese Python


Name: Albino Burmese Python
Technical Name: Python molurus bivittatus (Family Boidae)
Origin: Burma, Northeast India, China, Malaysian Peninsula and parts of Indonesia (not the Philppines)
Habitat: Grasslands, swamps, rocky foothills, open woodlands, jungle and river valleys (wherever permanent water can be found nearby); also on farms where they are attracted to domesticated fowl


Albino California King Snake


Name: Albino California King Snake
Technical Name: Lamptopeltis getulus californiae (Family Colubridae)
Origin: North America (California)
Habitat: Rocky outcrops, bushy semi-arid areas, rocky hillsides (facing south), pine forests and open woodlands


Brazilian Rainbow Boa Constrictor


Name: Brazilian Rainbow Boa Constrictor
Technical Name: Epicrates cenchrus
Origin: South America (Brazil)
Habitat: Brazilian rainforest


Desert King Snake


Name: Desert King Snake
Technical Name: Lampropeltis getulus splendida
Origin: North America (from Central Texas to southeastern Arizona, south to Zacatecas, Mexico,west to Sonora)
Habitat: Hot, dry places, but not necessarily a desert area


Pueblan Milk Snake


Name: Pueblan Milk Snake
Technical Name: Lampropeltis trianguum cambelli
Origin: Northern Mexico
Habitat: Hot, dry areas


Red Tail Boa Constrictor


Name: Red Tail Boa Constrictor
Technical Name: Boa constrictor ortonii
Origin: Northwest Peru
Habitat: Dry, semi-arid llanos (plains) and sparsely wooded, open, dry and rocky terrain


Snow Corn Snake


Name: Snow Corn Snake
Technical Name: Elaphe gutatta
Origin: North America
Habitat: Semi-aboreal (lives on land and in trees)


Sun Beam Snake


Name: Sun Beam Snake
Technical Name: Xenopeltis unicolor
Origin: Asia
Habitat: Forests and soil


Sunburst Motley Snake


Name: Sunburst Motley Snake
Technical Name: Elaphe sp.
Origin: North America
Habitat: Semi-aboreal (lives on land and in trees)


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