FAMILY: Colubridae DESCRIPTION: The nonvenomous eastern indigo snake ... FEEDING: Eastern indigo snakes' diet consists of a variety of species, including small mammals, birds, toads, frogs, turtles ...

However, not all snake species are suitable for pets. The most popular pet snakes are from the families Boidae Pythonidae and ...

There are also 1,800 rear-fanged snake species. These belong to the family Colubridae. Many of them are likely to be venomous too, though this group generally poses less of a threat to humans, with a ...

Occasionally, they exhibit cannibalism, even within their own species. In captivity, king snakes can live for over 30 years. Kingsnakes are part of the genus Lampropeltis, in the Colubridae family.