Baby Speckled King Snake!
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- Опубліковано 7 лис 2020
- Back in August I was flipping tin at my house and found this beautiful neonate Speckled Kingsnake (Lampropeltis holbrooki). I didn’t get a ton of footage of it, because the storage space on my phone was filling up!
Speckled Kingsnake info
Description: This species is black with yellow spots. They are non venomous, and are known for eating other snakes. Most people recognize these as kingsnakes, so they leave them alone.
Habitat: They can be found in a variety of habitat, such as heavy woodland, open prairie, and lowlands. They can also be found under flat rocks, tin, or in debris piles.
Prey: They feed on small rodents, lizards, and other snakes including venomous ones! They kill their prey by constriction. Speckled kingsnakes show a certain amount of immunity to venom, that is helpful when they prey on various venomous snakes.
Predators: Their eggs and young are vulnerable to local birds of prey, some carnivores, and other larger species of king snake.
Size: 36 to 48 inches
Defense: In defense this species will sometimes bite, poop, and emit a foul smelling musk. They also will rattle their tails, imitating a rattlesnake. They will also attempt to flee, like most snakes will including venomous ones. I have never been bitten by any of the ones I’ve handled. They are usually pretty calm for the most part and in my experience they’d rather flee than bite.
Habits: They emerge from their winter den sites around mid- to late March. At this time, they can be seen basking in sunny spots, or foraging for their first meal of the year. Shortly after that, males begin to seek out females for breeding. In the summer they spend most of their time foraging for prey, hiding, and occasionally basking. As long as the temperature is warm enough, they will remain active. When the temperatures drop they will go into rock crevices or animal burrows until spring.
Breeding habits: Breeding takes place in the spring. Gravid females will lay their eggs towards the end of the summer, and hatching takes place in the fall. The snake in this video was found on August 30, so it was born a bit before fall.
State distribution: In Arkansas this species is found statewide. It is found in a variety of habitat, so it is often encountered by humans.
Baby Speckled Kings are my current favorite snake to find! Found one (1) this year!
Papa Pepper Speckled kingsnakes are one of my favorite snakes to find! I only found 1 baby this year too, hopefully we both find a lot more next year! Thanks for watching!
The speckled kings in AR can be so stunning. Love those little ones too. That tin! Bet that's going to be fun in the spring.
Smetlogik Speckleds are definitely one of my favorite snakes to find! I’m thinking about stacking more tin in that area too, that stack produced a few ringnecks, lizards, spiders, and this baby speckled king! So who knows what it’ll produce in the spring! Thanks for watching!
@@adventureswithsquatchy1400 heck yeah! I've found that having different layers of tin from 2-3 to only 1 piece of tin. Some in partial sun, etc... just gives you more opps for snakes depending on time of day, time of year kind of thing.
Yep, that’s true! I have a few areas on my property that I need to stack tin on pieces that are already there, and I need to create some new stacks too. I have 50 or 60 pieces that either aren’t being used or are in bad spots so I’ll have plenty of opportunities to find cool critters!
Very cool! Lampros are fricking awesome
aquacrystal 11 Agreed! Speckled kings are one of my favorite snakes to find! Thanks for watching!
@@adventureswithsquatchy1400 No problem!
Good stuff man!
Thanks bro!!
Man awesome. Snakes are still popping over here too. Glad to see this video!
Todd Autry This one was from back in August, I’m sure the snakes are still popping here because it’s been in the 60’s and 70’s. Maybe I can find a few more snakes before it gets too cold. Thanks for watching!
@@adventureswithsquatchy1400 I can’t listen well. I just found a Rough earth snake tonight. Making videos now. This was great to see!!!
Todd Autry Awesome! It’s been awhile since I last found a rough earth, I guess I need to do more herping in urban areas. Hopefully we can catch up soon, it’s been a bit!
@@adventureswithsquatchy1400 yeah! I may be around later. This guy was in my driveway. Going to quit filming soon and let him go back underground.
Todd Autry It’s nice when the critters come to you 😂😂. Alrighty well if you can’t catch up tonight that’s alright.
This was so cool! He seemed quite friendly! An incredibly beautiful snake! Your description was very interesting!
Cat Bird He was pretty calm, but he was ready to be put back and go on his way! I’ll never get tired of finding speckled kingsnakes! Thanks, I tried to put a good amount of information in the description I’ll try to start doing that more often! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Wow it’s so cute 😊
I love Reptiles It sure was, hopefully I can find more baby kings next year! Thanks for watching!
Baby!
Lucas’s Lizards Yup!! Thanks for watching!
That’s so sick! Congrats
Outdoor Wildlife 101 Thanks man, it was a neat find! It’s nice when you don’t have to leave your house to find cool critters! Thanks for watching!
What a gorgeous little king snake bro. I'd like to see a speckled king one day like that.
The Coastal Inhabitant Yea man speckled kings are soooo beautiful, hopefully I’ll find more babies next year! Hopefully you can get in range for them at some point and find some! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@adventureswithsquatchy1400 That would be nice to do some traveling if I could get the time to. I love king snakes and I'll take any opportunity to see one.
Good find
Allan King Thanks man!
Always nice to find kings! Idk if they're somewhat uncommon where I'm at but I've only ever seen 3
Brutus Brutus Kingsnakes are one of my favorites for sure! They may not be common in your county, but sometimes kings can be a bit unpredictable so idk. Hopefully you’ll find more soon! Thanks for watching!
sure is a little beauty
It sure was! Thanks for squatching!!
@@adventureswithsquatchy1400 just bought one tiny bit bigger
Both awesome snakes 🐍 I’d love to keep ring necks but so far a Ball Python and Blue Tongue Skink.
Caylor's Aquatics I love Ringnecks, but I don’t handle them much because their musk is very stinkyyyyy 😂. Blue tongue skinks are really neat, I’d love to see one in the wild! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@adventureswithsquatchy1400 mine is Indonesian and then there are those in Australia. Are there any native to your area?
Nope, I wish there were. I’d love to go to Australia so I could see one in the wild! I’m in Arkansas so the biggest skink we have is the broad-headed skink.