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Last night when i was taking my friend home (she lives in a town about 50 miles from bakersfield) i accidently ran over what i think what a King snake. It looked to be maybe about 3-4 feet. The road i was on was through a dangerous canyon that has a narrow road so i didn' t get out and look because of the fear of getting hit by another car. the canyon road has claimed about 500 + lives since being paved in 1930s, not including the river' s 217 drownings.(sorry to go off topic, little history lesson for the day) Does anyone know how big they usually get?

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nobody knows? lol

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California King Snake

ORDER: Squamata
FAMILY:Colubridae
GENUS: Lampropeltis
SPECIES: getulus californiae

I. DESCRIPTION:

Skin has various patterns (bands, stripes, speckles) and colors (black and white, brown and yellow, etc). Adults are usually 3 feet long, rarely as long as 4 feet.

II. GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE AND HABITAT:

Western U.S. from Baha California, north to Oregon and Southern Utah and east to western Arizona. Lives in rock outcrops, semi-desert, brushy hillsides, or pine forests.

III. DIET:

Mice, lizards, birds, other snakes. Crepuscular, but nocturnal during hot, summer months.

IV. LIFE CYCLE/SOCIAL STRUCTURE:

Oviparous. Lays around two dozen eggs in rotted logs, etc. Young hatch in two months and are about a foot long.

V. SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS:

King snakes are wholly or partially immune to the venom of rattlesnakes and will kill and eat them. This behavior gives them a good reputation with humans in rural areas.

VI. STATUS IN WILD:

Not considered endangered.

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where did you get all that info????

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http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=kin...TF-8&fr=fp-top

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thank you for info [:-]