What kind of snake is this?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

To me it looks positively like an Eastern Milksnake, lampropeltis triangulum triangulum. I catch these guys by the buttloads each summer, from hatchlings to adults. As babies they are bright white with brilliant red saddles boredered in black. They tend to lose their luster as an adult, and fade to a dull gray/tan with brownish red saddles. The adults I have caught I find, if they don't immediately become aggressive, they will act all calm and friendly, you pick them up, and then out of nowhere they give you a good hard bite! Usually the moment you are in their presence they are making every attempt to coil, strike, and rattle their little tail. Many people in rural areas refer to this species as "Spotted Adder".

Here are some pictures of some I found last year:

hatchling female I kept and still have, eats better than most cali kings!!!


baby male in shed


angry adult female


another that was calmer

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

oh, I almost forgot to add- beware... they eat snakes!!! They are lampropeltis (kingsnakes) after all!

[Smooth23]

He just got out, can't find him! See my other thread...
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...60#post1061660

[letstalksnakes]

That my friend is a Eastern Milksnake.
They come with different patterns and sometimes light in color to dark.
Very common snake found through out the united states.
Care is the same as a Cornsnake.
Very tough animals and do well in a captive sictuation.

[wilomn]

Very common snake found through out the united states.

Ummmm, you may have a tough time finding one out west, or down south but hey, it's not so much square milage wise. Is it?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

That my friend is a Eastern Milksnake.
They come with different patterns and sometimes light in color to dark.
Very common snake found through out the united states.
Care is the same as a Cornsnake.
Very tough animals and do well in a captive sictuation.

don't you mean... common in the northeastern US????

[BrucenBruce]

I've only ever found one of those - it was an adult, and while it was pretty even-tempered, it never fed well for me. The only thing it ever ate on its own was a nestful of vole fuzzies I found in the same area. (abandoned trailer park - littered with sheets of plywood, you could easily find thirty or fourty snakes there in an hour or two. Of course, they were all garters or dekays, with that one notable exception . . . )

Good luck locating the little guy!

~Bruce