Louisiana Pinesnake vs. Prairie Kingsnake

Both live in the longleaf pine woods and openings of deep eastern Texas. A: Keeled scales; a small, pointed head with a big raised scale on the snout in the Louisiana Pinesnake; smooth, glossy scales; a rounded head in the Prairie Kingsnake. B: Big dark brown blotches on buff, crowded and run together toward the head in the Louisiana Pinesnake; many small reddish-brown blotches, each edged in black, evenly spaced in the Prairie Kingsnake. The pinesnake hisses loudly and grows to 5 ft; the Prairie Kingsnake to about 3.5 ft.

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