The back of the king snake is black with yellow spots, resembling a cauliflower, so it is also known as the cauliflower snake. The back of the head is brownish-yellow, and the scale edges and grooves are black, forming "king"-shaped black spots, so it is called the King Golden Snake. The ventral surface is yellow, and there are black spots on the posterior edge of the abdominal scales. The back of the larvae is gray-olive, with slightly black scale edges. There is a short vertical stripe on the back of the occiput, which is black, and the belly is flesh-colored. The body color patterns of adults and larvae are very different, and it is easy to mistake them for other species, so please pay attention.

1. Morphological characteristics: The back of the king snake is black with yellow spots, which looks like a cauliflower, so it is called the cauliflower snake. The back of the head is brownish-yellow, and the scale edges and grooves are black, forming "king"-shaped black spots, so it is called the King Golden Snake. The ventral surface is yellow, and there are black spots on the posterior edge of the abdominal scales. The back of the larvae is gray-olive, with slightly black scale edges. There is a short vertical stripe on the back of the occiput, which is black, and the belly is flesh-colored. The body color patterns of adults and larvae are very different, and it is easy to mistake them for other species, so please pay attention.

2. Life habits: Inhabit mountainous areas, hilly areas, and plains. They often move in mountain shrubs, fields and ditches, mountain streams, and grass; they are ferocious and move quickly. Active both day and night, more active at night. Eats frogs, lizards, other snakes, birds, rats, and even young snakes of the same species. Oviparous. Eggs are laid from June to July, 8 to 12 eggs are laid each time, and the eggs are large (45-60) mm × (25-31) mm.