This is the snake portrayed on the ancient medical symbols. Olive green to dark brown with yellow flecks in between the scales. Average four to six feet as adults. Tame.
Highly variable. Once this animal was divided into two sub- species, Lampropeltis mexicana blairi and Lampropeltis mexicana alterna because they are so variable until someone caught a gravid female that produced both morphs. Average thirty to forty inches as adults. Very tame.