Description
The Tangerine Honduran Milksnake is a captive-bred young adult, ready for its permanent home. This morph offers a vibrant, high-contrast color palette that intensifies with age, making it a standout display animal for intermediate to advanced keepers. Since we started stocking it in spring 2025, it has consistently been one of our top-selling colubrids, noted for its reliable feeding response and manageable size.
Stand-Out Features
- Vibrant Coloration: The “tangerine” trait produces rich, saturated orange bands against deep black and clean white, creating exceptional visual contrast.
- Proven Feeder: These young adults are established on frozen/thawed pinky or fuzzy mice, with a strong and consistent feeding record.
- Excellent Temperament: Honduran Milksnakes are known for being relatively calm and handleable, and this line is no exception.
- Ideal Size: As a subspecies, they achieve a robust, manageable adult length, making them substantial without being cumbersome.
- Captive-Bred Reliability: All our stock is produced by reputable breeders, ensuring health and reducing stress on wild populations.
Technical Data
| Scientific Name | Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis |
| Morph | Tangerine |
| Life Stage | Young Adult |
| Length (approx.) | 24 – 30 inches |
| Weight (measured) | 5.2 oz |
| Diet | F/T Rodents |
| Housing Recommended | 20-30 gallon enclosure |
| Temperature Gradient | 75°F cool side / 85°F warm side |
Your Questions Answered
How is the temperament for handling?
This line exhibits the typical Honduran Milksnake disposition. They are generally calm and tolerate regular, gentle handling well once settled. As with most colubrids, they can be initially defensive as juveniles but mature into confident, manageable snakes.
Will the colors change as it grows?
Yes, the tangerine coloration typically deepens and becomes more vibrant with each shed. The black bands remain solid, and the white bands stay clean, resulting in a higher-contrast, more visually striking adult snake.
What is the feeding schedule for this size?
At this young adult stage and weight (5.2 oz), a diet of one appropriately sized frozen/thawed fuzzy or small adult mouse every 7-10 days is sufficient. We find many of these are purchased on weekends by keepers returning from rodent supply runs.
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