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Common kingsnake

Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus, 1766)

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The common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 2.04 kg and live up to 14.4 years.

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Quick facts about the common kingsnake

Weight
2.04 kgsrc for Weight
Length
up to 2.08 msrc for Length
Lifespan
14.4 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
33.3 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
59 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
10.5 – 11src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
3 years – 4 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.1src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the common kingsnake live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common kingsnake as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Colombia
  3. South Africa

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the common kingsnake endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the common kingsnake classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyColubridae
  6. genusLampropeltis
  7. SpeciesLampropeltis getula (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Coluber getulus, Coronella getulus var. pseudogetulus, Lampropeltis getula getula, Lampropeltis getula meansi, Lampropeltis getula sticticeps, Lampropeltis getulus goini, Lampropeltis meansi, Triaeniopholis arenarius, Triaenopholis arenarius

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • Florida kingsnakeEnglish
  • Outer banks kingsnakeEnglish
  • korálovka pruhovanáCzech
  • korálovka pruhovaná floridskáCzech
  • korálovka pruhovaná královskáCzech
  • Østlig KongesnogDanish
  • KettennatterGerman
  • Ketten-KönigsnatterGerman
  • BurrilaSpanish
  • Culebra negraSpanish
  • Culebra realSpanish
  • Culebra-real comúnSpanish
  • Falsa coralillo real estadounidenseSpanish
  • Serpiente realSpanish
  • kuningaskäärmeFinnish
  • Serpent roi de l'EstFrench
  • Serpent roi de CalifornieFrench
  • KirálysiklóHungarian
  • コモンキングヘビJapanese
  • kongesnokNorwegian Bokmål
  • KoningsslangDutch
  • gewone koningsslangDutch
  • koningskettingslangDutch
  • Cobra-reiPortuguese
  • Цепная королевская змеяRussian
  • Обыкновенная королевская змеяRussian
  • kedjekungssnokSwedish
  • Королівська змія звичайнаUkrainian
  • Eastern Kingsnakeroot
  • 加州王蛇Chinese
  • 美東王蛇Chinese

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Relatives of the common kingsnake

Other species in the same genus Lampropeltis.

Milk snake

Lampropeltis triangulum

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the common kingsnake?

An adult common kingsnake weighs 2.04 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the common kingsnake live?

The common kingsnake has a recorded lifespan of 14.4 years.

Is the common kingsnake an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common kingsnake as introduced in 3 countries: Belgium, Colombia and South Africa, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the common kingsnake?

The common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-kingsnake

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{common_kingsnake_2026,
  title = {Common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-kingsnake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}