Snake of the Day 08-30-14

SHOW & TELL

At one year of maturity, some of our 2013 Leucistic Gray-banded Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis alterna) are developing a blush of orange over most of their bodies.  I hope this continues to intensify in color with age.  No, that’s now a white dorsal stripe.  Many white corn snakes appear to have such a white stripe down their dorsum, so perhaps it’s their spinal column showing through their color-less skin?  Thank you, Pete Quinlin for making such beautiful Gray-banded Kingsnakes.