The milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum), or milksnake, is a species of snake belonging to the genus Lampropeltis (also known as kingsnakes). Milk snakes are nocturnal, all-purpose predators. They use bite and constriction to subdue their prey, suffocating them before swallowing them whole. While larger adults mostly feed on rodents, birds, and even other snakes, juveniles typically eat smaller prey items like insects and lizards! Despite not being poisonous, they bear a striking resemblance to the extremely poisonous Coral Snake. An animal can protect itself from possible predators by mimicking a much more hazardous species, usually one that is poisonous or venomous, a technique known as Batesian mimicry. The popular rhyme "Red on yellow, kills a fellow" is the result of this.
Appearance[]
The species and subspecies of milk snakes vary greatly. The eastern milk snake, western milk snake, scarlet kingsnake, Tamaulipa milk snake, Mexican milk snake, Guatemalan milk snake, and Ecuadorian milk snake are the seven recognized species of milk snakes, according to current research.
The black milk snake is one subspecies that exhibits typical tricoloration as hatchlings before turning melanistic as an adult. With a maximum length of 2.1 meters, these milk snakes are among the biggest and are indigenous to the mountains of Panama and Costa Rica.
The one that appears in The Lost World is likely a Guatemalan milk snake (Lampropeltis abnorma), also known as the Central American milk snake, a subspecies of milk snake that was evaluated to full species. This particular snake scares Robert Burke.
History[]
The Lost World: Jurassic Park[]
A milk snake slithers down Dr. Robert Burke's shirt, causing him to freak out and run into the jaws of the Doe Tyrannosaurus.
Games[]
LEGO Jurassic World[]
Snakes appear throughout the map, most particularly in a cut scene where Burke is frightened by one. The snake has a regular red LEGO appearance, and is not particularly defined as a Milk Snake. Robert Burke, however, does run away from it, but the Tyrannosaurus doesn’t eat him and simply watches him flee, as he is pursed by the snake.
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