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AMPHIBIANS:
Pac Man Frog
BIRDS:
Chickens
Cockatoo, Sulfer Crested
Chinese Geese
Ducks
Helmeted Guinea Fowl
Macaw, Blue & Yellow
Miniature Macaw
Parrot, Amazon
MAMMALS:
Black Bear
Bobcat
Capuchin, Black & White
Coati Mundis
Cougar
Deer, Fallow
Ferrets
Goat (Pygmy)
Hedgehog
Lemur, Ringtailed
Leopard, black
Liger
Lion (African)
Lion (Barbary)
Macaque, Java
Macaque, Snow
Marmoset
Pig
Sheep
Tiger (Bengal)
Tiger (Siberian)
Vervet
Wolves
Zebra
REPTILES:
Alligator
Anaconda
Bearded Dragon
Boa, Columbian
California King Snake
Corn Snake
Iguana
Lizard, African Plated
Python, Burmese
Python, Reticulated
Python, Royal
Skink, Blue Tongue
Tortoise, Spurred
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| California
King
Snake |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Skin
has various patterns (bands, stripes, speckles) and colors (black
and white, brown and yellow, etc). Adults are usually 3 feet long,
rarely as long as 4 feet.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL
RANGE AND HABITAT: |
Western
U.S. from Baha California, north to Oregon and Southern Utah and east
to western Arizona. Lives in rock outcrops, semi-desert, brushy hillsides,
or pine forests.
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| DIET: |
| Mice,
lizards, birds, other snakes. Crepuscular, but nocturnal during
hot, summer months
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| LIFE
CYCLE/SOCIAL STRUCTURE: |
Oviparous.
Lays around two dozen eggs in rotted logs, etc. Young hatch in two
months and are about a foot long
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| SPECIAL
ADAPTATIONS: |
| King
snakes are wholly or partially immune to the venom of rattlesnakes
and will kill and eat them. This behavior gives them a good reputation
with humans in rural areas
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| STATUS
IN WILD: |
| Not
considered endangered. |
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