Of course, It is always best to observe your snake's natural behavior in a well decorated terrarium and with a snake rack you lose a lot of the fun in keeping these animals. That makes this species very suitable to be housed in the so-called “shelving system”. As these snakes are mainly land animals, the height of the container plays a small role. Provide plenty of hiding places in various temperature zones in the terrarium. If your Honduran is continually on the cold side or lies in the water bowl, may be an indication that it is too hot in the warm zone. Always take a good look at your snakes and monitor their behavior. At night, the temperature may drop slightly, but preferably not below 20C. The average temperature should be 24-25C in the cold zone and 28C in the warm zone., with a hot spot of 30C. However, those instances are rare and usually occur in the wild rather than captive environments. Some adult specimens have been reported to be significantly larger, reaching a total length of up to 72 inches. This heat source should not exceed a third of the ground floor so that the snake always has space to move away from the heat source and to thermoregulate between the warmest and coldest areas. Generally, the size of a Pueblan Milk Snake when fully-grown is somewhere between 24 and 48 inches in length. Since these snakes do not bask in the sun, you don't need a place to sunbathe. Heating can be done with a heating cable or heating tape. These have a reduced melanin content and thus retain their more youthful appearance. hondurensis new born, it is an option to buy one of the variants “hypomelanistic”. If you want an adult with the appearance of a Lampropeltis t. Sometimes makes them almost black with faint pattern. Melanin level increases as snakes mature. At the end of each scale there is a small black dot. Two natural variants are known, the known “tricolor”, with the classic red-black-white-black band ring, and “bicolor”, also called “Mandarin”, in which the normally white band is orange to red. The head is wide and slightly separated from the neck. Young animals already measure between 25 and 32 cm when hatched. However, there are many cases in captivity in which the snakes reach a length of 150 a 160 cm. On average, the Honduran milk snake In captivity it reaches a length of 130 cm.
This, combined with the many mutations that exist today, makes them a fan favorite milk snakes. They have a calm character and, Like most species of Lampropeltis, a strong feeding response. The Honduran milk snake It is one of the largest species of Lampropeltis and is second only to the large Lampropeltis triangulum gaigeae.