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Guenter Leitenbauer
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PostSubject: Lampropeltis "rattles"   Lampropeltis "rattles" Icon_minitimeSun 17 Apr - 18:33

Haha, never saw this before.
When I took out my Lampropeltis zonata pulchra a few minutes before, it showed a behaviour that looked like a rattlesnake:
Attack position "S" and rattling with its tail like a rattlesnake. It even made some sound! Is this usual behaviour for kingsnakes too?
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PostSubject: Re: Lampropeltis "rattles"   Lampropeltis "rattles" Icon_minitimeSun 17 Apr - 19:32

This behaviour is normal for different colubrids, it looks more threatening to predators and also non north - american colubrids show it.


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PostSubject: Re: Lampropeltis "rattles"   Lampropeltis "rattles" Icon_minitimeSun 17 Apr - 22:39

Yes, all my Lampropeltis getula californiae show this behaviour when disturbed Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: Lampropeltis "rattles"   Lampropeltis "rattles" Icon_minitimeThu 28 Apr - 4:11

Guenter, I have noticed ths behavior in many north american species venomous and non-venomous. In the wild copperheads, rat snakes, and kingsnakes will flick their tails in leaves and make a sound somewhat similar to that of a rattlesnake to ward off potential predators.
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PostSubject: Re: Lampropeltis "rattles"   Lampropeltis "rattles" Icon_minitimeThu 28 Apr - 16:57

Very interesting.
So I've got a pair of non venomous rattlesnakes! Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: Lampropeltis "rattles"   Lampropeltis "rattles" Icon_minitimeTue 17 Jul - 5:30

Lots of WC Lampropeltis do that, its perfectly normal. If you were to ever see and hear them doing it in the wild, when they are in leaf litter it sounds just like the buzz from a rattlesnake...
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PostSubject: Re: Lampropeltis "rattles"   Lampropeltis "rattles" Icon_minitimeWed 18 Jul - 6:51

Daniel Quinton: I can say that newborn CB Lampropeltis also do it;)
Not only WC
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PostSubject: Re: Lampropeltis "rattles"   Lampropeltis "rattles" Icon_minitimeWed 18 Jul - 7:26

I also noticed this behaviour in some of my colubrids: Lampropeltis g. floridana, Pantherophis obsoletus, lindheimeri, quadrivittatus and i used to have a corn snake, who also had this bad habit.
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PostSubject: Re: Lampropeltis "rattles"   Lampropeltis "rattles" Icon_minitimeThu 2 Aug - 11:25

many snakes have this behavior, some Bothrops, Lachesis, Spilotes...
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PostSubject: Re: Lampropeltis "rattles"   Lampropeltis "rattles" Icon_minitimeFri 3 Aug - 6:25

Pituophis will also do this in the wild. Seems more common in the little ones. But the bigger ones hiss and bite, so you t end to pay more attention to the other end:)
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