Lampropeltis triangulum (Milk Snake)
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MILK
SNAKE Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacepede, 1788)
STATUS: Rare
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: 3 mi E of Wylie,
near Brockdale Park at Lake Lavon, below Lake Lavon dam, 1.75 mi E of
Branch near Lake Lavon, 2.5 mi SW of Farmersville, and 4 mi E of
Princeton; Dallas Co.:
Valley View Lane near Tx 114, Royal Lane near Tx 114, and prairie
area near Oates and I-635 N of Mesquite;
Rockwall Co.: .5
mi S of Rockwall on FM 740 and 2.8 mi SW of I-30 on FM 550;
Parker Co.: 8
mi SW of Lakeside on FM 1886; Tarrant
Co.: Benbrook-Aledo Rd.
at the Texas and Pacific Railroad crossing, and 3 mi N of Crowley on the
Crowley Rd.
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Parker, Rockwall, and Tarrant
HABITAT: Fort Worth
Prairie, Mesquite Grand Prairie, Blackland Prairie, and the Trinity River
Bottoms
SUBSPECIES: Louisiana
Milk Snake (L. t. amaura Cope, 1860)
COMMENTS: The
Louisiana milk snake has most commonly been found during the months of
April and May.
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