Pueblan / Honduran Milk Snake

Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli

Pueblan Milk Snakes and the Honduran Milk Snakes are a non-venomous type of colubrid snake.

The Pueblan Milk Snakes are commonly found in southern Puebla, eastern Morelos, and northern Oaxaca, Mexico. These snakes are also often found as household pets.

The Honduran Milk Snakes are just another sub species of the same snake only they are found in Ecuador.  The color variations are many so it is very hard to distinguish between a Pueblan Milk Snake and a Honduran Milk Snake unless you know the parentage and location they are from.

They have very bold colorful bands that distinguish them from other milk snakes. The Coral snake which is highly venomous has a similar color pattern.  This works to the Pueblan and the Honduran Milk Snakes advantage and is somewhat a protection against some predators.

They will eat anything that they can overpower and swallow, either warm blooded or cold blooded including venomous snakes. They are nocturnal so they come out to hunt at night.

The Pueblan Milk Snake matures at two years.  During the cooler months from November to March they will go into a period of brumation, which is the reptile equivalent to mammal hibernation.  When they come out of brumation and start to feed, they will be ready to mate. The female will lay 2 - 15 eggs 30 days after mating.  It takes 2 months for the babies to hatch. The adults have been known to guard the eggs but after they hatch the babies are on their own.

Pueblan/ Honduran Milk Snakes at Camp

We have a Pueblan Milk Snake named Piablo and one named Bella. They are friendly and love to eat fuzzy little mice.  Piablo sleeps in a little pueblo shaped house inside his enclosure.  He lives in the reptile room of the Animal Learning Center here at Cub Creek Science Camp along with the other Milk Snakes.  We have another Milk Snake that may be Honduran, named Flames.  Many of our campers adopt Flames during the summer because he is a really laid back snake.

Flames getting a  lot of attention from our campers.