Explore the beautiful 3-color

With 3 main colors on the body, they look like a work of art when mixed with nature.

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King snake (Kingsnake) is a beautiful 3-color snake, endemic to the Santa Monica Mountains (Los Angeles), the Santa Ana Mountains (Orange and Riverside counties), the Santa Rosa (Riverside County) Mountains of the United States.

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They are cold-loving species and live in very high mountains, even up to 4,000 meters above sea level. Scientists found them in 1960. With three main colors on the body, they look like a work of art when mixed with nature.

Therefore, they are named Kingsnake , ie the king, or lord of this mountain. The most solid mountain is also called Kingsnake mountain.

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Living in an oxygen-poor, very cold environment, this snake's body temperature is also extremely low. Most of the time they live in the ground, in slots, cliffs, where little trees. He does not like to live in a niche like most other snakes. They often appear in warm days in pine forests, or sunning on rocky outcrops.

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This snake's favorite food is lizards and some small rats. It is also not very big, only over 1m in length.

They are extremely gentle and harmless to humans, because there is no venom. Therefore, people in the area love to keep Kingsnake in the house, just let it catch the mouse and make the scene.