Nelson’s Milk Snakes actually have blotches that are rounder and thicker compared to copperheads. Potential predators will be wary of going near them thinking that they are venomous. The way they appear is actually how they adapted to become defensively diverse in the wild.
There are some types of reptiles that have males or females that are larger than the other, but these snakes are unique in the sense that it is difficult to tell them apart if you are merely basing their sex on their size alone.Īnother cool fact about Nelson’s Milk Snake appearance is that you may mistake them for venomous snakes such as the coral snake or the copperhead. Unlike other types of snakes, Nelson’s Milk Snakes are of the same size regardless of their sex.
Meanwhile, the smaller ones can usually be found in North America. The longer ones are from Central and South America. The averaged size of these snakes is about 40 inches, but there are some that can grow as long as over 60 inches while there are some that are so small that they rarely grow a few inches longer than a foot. Nelson’s Milk Snakes vary so much that there are also different subspecies that are a lot larger than others. There are even Nelson’s Milk Snakes that have Y or V-shaped patterns on their necks. There are also some subspecies of this snake that have orange, black, or white bodies that have alternating bands of red, yellow, white, or orange. Some of Nelson’s Milk Snakes have bodies that are predominantly red with white bands inside bigger bands of black.
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