what snake is this?

[imisanon]

hello... i'm new to the forums and don't know where i should post this question. please redirect me in case i'm posting in the wrong space. and apologies if i am!

i found this in my garden this morning. couldn't get another picture. would like to know what this snake is. one person says it's a copperhead. another says it's a corn snake. any ideas?

i live in northern ny, by the way, north of the adirondacks.

help wld be appreciated!

[infernalis]

Welcome to the forums. what you have there is a Lampropeltis Triangulum Triangulum. A Common eastern milk snake.

awesome and harmless. ;)

http://www.thamfriends.com/MPFG/images/mella.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/PG1/images/1milkfed.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/PG1/images/carmela.jpg

[NennaMeerkat]

Infernalis has got it right.

But just for your own information in the future...

Venomous snakes, especially in the US, have generally triangular heads while non venomous snakes have a slender head like the one above.

http://springcreekforest.org/Copperhead2007.jpg

Notice above in the picture the triangular head. That is a copperhead BTW

[marvelfreak]

:)Hello and welcome!:)