Summary ⁶

Lampropeltis pyromelana, the Arizona mountain kingsnake, is a species of snake native to the eastern part of Arizona. The adult size of the snake is thought to be 36 inches (910 mm) in length, and they only eat mice.

Range description ⁷

The species' range extends discontinuously from east-central Nevada, central and western Utah, Arizona, and southwestern New Mexico in the United States, to eastern Sonora and western Chihuahua, Mexico, at elevations of 850 to 2,800 m asl (2,800 to 9,100 feet) (Tanner 1983, Degenhardt et al. 1996, Stebbins 2003). Occupied areas are often surrounded by large areas of unsuitable arid habitat (Tanner 1983).

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