The eastern black kingsnake is very similar to the speckled kingsnake, with white to yellow dots on a black body. However, the eastern black kingsnake pattern is very faint or incomplete, with white or yellow dots, and in some individuals the pattern can be a faint, chainlike marking along the side.
Length: 36 to 45 inches.

Restricted to the southeastern corner of the state.
Habitat and Conservation
This species occurs in open woodlands and dry, rocky hills. It was known to occur east of the Mississippi River, but recently individuals of this species were discovered in southeastern Missouri.
Food
Foods include lizards, other snakes (including venomous snakes), and small rodents.
Life Cycle
Presumably similar to its close relative, the speckled kingsnake, with courtship and mating in spring, eggs laid in summer, and the young hatching in late summer.