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 Biggest milk snake

what is the worlds biggest milk snake and how big do they get .pics would be cool to
12/14/08  03:33pm

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 Biggest milk snake

Milksnake.com has a list on sizes and where they are found.
12/14/08  05:59pm

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 Biggest milk snake

The biggest milksnake subspecies is the black milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum gaigeae), it grows to 72 inches in the wild, but there are a few over 80 inches in captivity.

The sizes stated on Milksnakes.com only tells you how big they get in the wild. However many snakes tend to grow way pass that size in captivity.
For example: the size stated for the Sinaloan milksnake is 38 to 48 inches, but I have a male Sinaloan, 8 yo, at 62 inches, weighing 3 lbs.
12/18/08  03:51am

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 Biggest milk snake

Peter54
wow...what a nice snake! Is it docile? I have heard that they poop on you all the time. The colors sure stay nice, as opposed to pythons.

Snos



06/03/09  09:07pm

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 Biggest milk snake

The pooping (musking) habit is a defence and it usually goes away with age and size. My adult milksnakes do not musk, but they all did when they were young.

Keeping their colors varies with what subspecies of milksnake you are talking about. Sinaloans are well known for their good color even at old age. Hondurans on the other hand, as well as several other South and Central American subspecies such as Pueblans, gets dull in color with age.
06/04/09  01:16pm


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