Common Kingsnake

Southeastern Scarlet Kingsnake

The Common Kingsnake is described as having smooth scales, glossy, with light-colored centers; chocolate-brown to black, with crossbands, chain links, blotches, stripes, or speckles. Its preferred habitat is pine woodlands, marshes, swamps, valleys, rocky hillsides, grasslands, deserts and plots saturated with chaparral. Having a kingsnake around the house is a good thing as its diet consists of other snakes (especially poisonous snakes), lizards, toads and ground beetles.