| 词条 | Red milk snake |
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| name = Red milk snake | image = Red milk snake.JPG | image_caption = An adult red milk snake | status = | status_system = | genus = Lampropeltis | species = triangulum | species_link = Milk snake | subspecies = syspila | authority = Cope, 1889 }}Lampropeltis triangulum syspila, commonly known as the red milk snake or red milksnake, is a subspecies of Lampropeltis triangulum.[1] The nonvenomous, colubrid snake is indigenous to the central United States.[2] Geographic rangeThe red milk snake is found from southern Indiana through northwestern Mississippi, western Kentucky, southeastern South Dakota through eastern Oklahoma and Kansas.[3] An isolated population can be found in Bankhead National Forest in northwestern Alabama.[2] DescriptionRed milk snakes average {{convert|60|to|91|cm|in}} in length, although specimens as long as {{convert|132|cm|in}} have been measured. They have smooth and shiny scales. Their dorsal color pattern is narrow bands of white, pale gray, cream, or tan bordered by black, alternated with red dorsal saddles. Some individuals display even greater dorsal saddle color diversity, ranging from reddish brown to grayish brown. The ventrum is usually white with a black checkered pattern. The head usually has a large red blotch edged in black.[2] DietRed milk snakes are constrictors. They consume a wide variety of small animals, such as rodents, other reptiles, amphibians, and birds. References1. ^{{cite book | title = Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia| first1 = Alan H.| last1 = Savitzky| editor1-last = Hutchins| editor1-first = Michael| volume = 7: Reptiles| place = Detroit| publisher = Gale| year = 2004| page = 478|display-editors=etal}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q6482609}}2. ^1 2 {{cite book |title=The Reptiles and Amphibians of Alabama |last=Mount |first=Robert H. |year=1975 |publisher=Auburn Printing Company |location=Auburn, Alabama |oclc=1958638 |pages=204–205}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lampropeltis&species=nigra |title=Lampropeltis triangulum (LACÉPÈDE, 1789) |work=The Reptile Database |publisher=Zoological Museum Hamburg |accessdate=September 29, 2012}} 2 : Lampropeltis|Reptiles of the United States |
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