What is the Handuranian milk snake?

The Honduranský Milk Snake is a type of snake found in Central America. Most of their population is concentrated in Honduras, but is also found in Costa Rica and Nicaragui. The snake has a diverse habitat and can be found in rainforests, forests and cleaned agricultural areas. It is non -hairy and kills its prey by narrowing. Red, black and yellow alternating stripes form a formula of snake coloring. In addition to rodents, snakes eat milk also other smaller snakes and small birds. They avoid predators by appearing with the same color belt as a highly poisonous coral snake. When hunting, the milk snake uses its belt color pattern to its advantage and moves quickly back and forth to confuse your prey. Snakes got their name because they were first recorded living in a barn with livestock, probably hunting rodents. It was wrongly believed that they fed milk directly from cow's heat. In winter hibernation, start in October and last until April or May. As soon as spring arrives, the mating begins.

Women of milk snakes are involved in the municipal nest and put eggs in one protected area with other milk snakes. They can lay 18 eggs at the same time and the temperature that the eggs incubate when determining the sex of the resulting snake. Hatchlings reach up to 15 inches (38 cm).

Honduranský's milk snake can live up to 20 years and achieve maturity in approximately 3 years. Size wise, can grow up to 5 feet (1.5 m), diameter about 3 feet (0.9 m). The average weight is £ 2.8 (1.3 kg). Female milk has a generally larger size than men.

Many milk snakes are kept as pets. They should be placed separately or with a larger snake. It should be found twice a week, always fed separately without any other snake and should not be processed several days after feeding. The Snake of Handuran's milk should be kept around 85 ° F (29.4 ° C). Due to the relatively short HA lengthDA can be held in small attachments.