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Coast Mountain Kingsnake

Lampropeltis multifasciata

Easily confused with

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

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 63, February 55, March 57, April 112, May 155, June 156, July 70, August 44, September 56, October 57, November 74, December 57.
United States696
California696
Mexico19
Baja California19

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

Remember the name next time.

Practise Coast Mountain Kingsnake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.