Name: AHB Series 26 - King Ratsnake – Elaphe carinata | Snake
Brand: Animal Heavenly Body
SKU: AHB-V26-05-SNA
Price: 37.99 USD
Availability: InStock

AHB Series 26 – King Ratsnake – Elaphe carinata | Snake

⚡ PRE-ORDER · Ships ~October 2026Estimated — may ship earlier, or slip if factory production runs into delays.

A charming, chubby figure of the King Ratsnake (Elaphe carinata) — hand-painted in lifelike detail, ready to display on any desk or shelf.

Approx. Size: Approx. palm-sized · ~0.5 lb (230 g)
Material: Hand-painted resin
Display: Single fixed figure — ready to display

Only 12 left in stock

⚡ PRE-ORDER

Ships ~October 2026

Ship date is an estimate — it can arrive earlier, or slip if factory production runs into delays.

Full payment reserves your figure. Cancel within 48 hours for a full refund — after that and before shipment, choose 100% store credit or a refund minus 15% processing. If production runs significantly past the estimated ship date, you may cancel for a full refund.

Animal Heavenly Body · A Series of Laugh and Grow

Series 26 · The Serpent Collection IV

King Ratsnake

Elaphe carinata

The King Ratsnake — East Asia’s yellow-and-black “stink snake,” crowned king for hunting other snakes.

THE SNAKE KING · eats other snakes

RangeChina, Taiwan & Vietnam

HabitatFarmland, forest & hills

LengthUp to 8 ft (2.4 m)

SignatureYellow head, black-netted body

DietOther snakes — even venomous ones

DefenseA famously pungent musk

A Series of Laugh and Grow

Real animals, reimagined plump and cheerful — painted in lifelike detail, sculpted impossibly cute.

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Chubby & Full of Character

Rounded, soft and undeniably cute — yet every scale, wrinkle and marking is hand-painted true to the real animal. The reaction it gets in person is always the same: so detailed, and so adorable.

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Ready to Display

A single, sturdy hand-painted piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its happy pose, ready to collect and show off.

Across East Asia this big yellow-and-black colubrid wears a royal title — king ratsnake — earned the hard way: it hunts and eats other snakes, venomous cobras included. Farmers know it too, by the pungent musk it releases when annoyed.

Why ‘King’

Like the kingsnakes of the Americas, it earned its crown by preying on fellow serpents — a snake that other snakes fear.

The Stink Defense

Special glands produce a musk so memorable that in parts of China it’s nicknamed the ‘stink goddess’ — harmless to humans, unforgettable to noses.

Keeled Armor

Each back scale carries a raised ridge (the ‘carinata’ of its name), giving the golden body a rough, rope-like texture.

A Farmer’s Ally

By clearing rodents and venomous snakes alike from fields and villages, the king earns its keep across the East Asian countryside.

“A king crowned not by birth, but by appetite.”

Craft & Specifications

Series	A Series of Laugh and Grow (Series 26) — The Serpent Collection IV, by Animal Heavenly Body
Approx. Size	Approx. palm-sized · ~0.5 lb (230 g)
Material	Hand-painted resin
Display	Single fixed figure — ready to display out of the box
SKU	AHB-V26-05-SNA