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Basic information
Lampropeltis getula
Common Kingsnake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyColubrids
GenusKingsnakes and milk snakes
- Czech name
- Korálovka královská
- English name
- Common Kingsnake
- Alternative names
- Korálovka pruhovaná, Korálovka pruhovaná floridská, Korálovka pruhovaná královská, Common King Snake, Eastern King Snake, Eastern Kingsnake, Florida Kingsnake, Ketten-Königsnatter, Outer Banks Kingsnake
- Synonyms
- Coluber getulus, Coronella getulus var. pseudogetulus, Lampropeltis getula meansi, Lampropeltis getulus goini, Triaeniopholis arenarius, Triaenopholis arenarius
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 2,083 mm
- Body mass
- max 755.4 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 15.5 g
- Offspring total length
- max 250 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 33.3 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- 28.1–28.1 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 3–4 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 3–24 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3S4VP · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 15118 · dryad-v5