Mole Kingsnake vs. Prairie Kingsnake
The two were one species until 2017 and meet (and hybridise) in Middle Tennessee. A: About 55 (up to 71) reddish-brown blotches, often a little bigger in the Mole Kingsnake; usually more and smaller blotches, often brown to olive in the Prairie Kingsnake. Place is the best guide: the Mole Kingsnake lives in East and southern Middle Tennessee, the Prairie Kingsnake in West and western Middle Tennessee, and they intergrade in Middle Tennessee.
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