They aren't the biggest in Arkansas or the most numerous or the fastest. But they can afford to take an attitude of regal indifference about their lack of distinction in such matters. If push comes to shove, they can simply eat the competition, including snakes much larger than themselves. The prize for our prettiest and most interesting king snakes go to the milk snakes . The brilliant red, yellow and black markings that make these snakes so attractive also earn them automatic respect.
Few creatures molest a snake bearing such a striking resemblance to the venomous coral snake.
Look at a milk snake's colors and you'll find that a border of black always separates yellow bands from red ones. Also, the colored bands of milk snakes do not reach all the way around the body as they do on coral snakes. Louisiana milk snakes inhabit Arkansas's southwest corner. Red milk snakes are found throughout the rest of the state. Arkansas's milk snakes eat mice, birds, lizards and snakes.