Milk snake
Lampropeltis triangulum
Class: Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Squamoses (Squamata)
Suborder: Snakes (Serpentes)
Family: Colubrids (Colubridae)
- It is distributed from Canada throughout North and Central America up to Venezuela and Ecuador.
- The life span is 20 years.
- By their colouration their imitate deathly venomous snakes – coral snakes, they differ from them by the alternation of the colour bands. It received its name owing to a widely distributed delusion which attributes to these snakes liking of milk which they as though milk in cows on the pastures.
Working hours
10 a.m. to
6 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday
During autumn, spring and summer vacations, and on official holidays Exotarium is open
everyday.
Our address: 300002, Russia, Tula, Oktyabrskaya str., bld. 26.
Phone number: 7 (4872) 47-53-92
You can arrive:
fixed-run taxies # 1, 1t, 8, 9, 6t, 11, 12t, 21, 23, 24, 32, 34, 36, 41
buses # 1, 8, 9, 21, 36
trolley-buses № 1, 4, 6
tram № 12
the Zarechie district, Lunacharskogo or Arsenalnaya str.
Entrance tickets:
Children - 50 roubles (children under the age of 3 go for free)
Adults - 90 roubles.
Reduced fair tickets - 30 roubles (available for senior citizens, disabled people, etc.)