Herbie the Ball Python

Herbie

Mexican Milk Snake

Mexican Milk Snake

Classification:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata (Serpentes)

Family: Colubridae

Genus: Lampropeltis

Species: Triangulum Annulata

Subspecies: Lampropeltis Triangulum

Size: 24 to 32 inches

Range: Northeastern Mexico and south western Texas.

Habitat: Southern Texas thorn scrub mequite and sandy coastal areas.

Endangered or protected?

*Mexican Milk Snakes are one of the many endangered species on our planet.

Babies!!!!!!

These snakes lay 3 to 24 eggs at a time while giving birth.

*The colors of the Mexican Milk Snakes can sometimes get them mistaken for the venemous Coral Snake.

Ball Pyton

Ball Python

Classification:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Serpentes

Family: Pythonidae

Genus: Python

Species: Python Regius

Size: 3-5 ft.

Range: Western Africa to central Africa.

Habitat: Open forests and dry savannahs.

*Ball Pythons get their name from the way that they make themselves coil up into a ball.

*The name "Royal Python" is said to have come from the fact that many African rulers wore live pythons as their jewelry.

*They are believed to live the longest in managed situations.