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Short-tailed Snake

Lampropeltis extenuata

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

United States38

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusKingsnakes and Milk Snakes · Lampropeltis

Sources

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Practise Short-tailed Snake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.