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Taxonomy. Common, or Eastern, king snakes are medium-sized snakes reaching three to six feet (.9 to 1.8 m) in length. Often called 'chain snakes' or 'chain kings' because of the white chain-like markings on their body, this snake is easily recognized.The snake is a shiny black with a criss-cross pattern of white or yellow lines.he eastern king snake range includes southern New Jersey to West Virginia, south to north Florida, and west to the Appalachians and southeastern Alabama. The eastern king snake is fed mice, rats, and chicks.
Golden-crowned Snake. The Golden-crowned Snake is brown to grey above and pink below, with a yellowish crown-shaped marking on the head which gives it its name. related species is the Dwarf Crowned Snake, Cacophis krefftii, which is much smaller (25 cm), with a dark-grey to black body and a cream to yellow hood over the nape of its neck. This species ranges from the central coast of New South Wales to south-eastern Queensland, and does not occur in Sydney.