Eastern Milk Snake

[Herpsrus]

I found this little milk in Spetember. Of course, it was released after a quick photo session.

Mike

[snkmn]

that looks more luke a jungle or black corn to me but i am not an expert

[Nicky]

Nice pic ,milks snakes rock after picking it up to take acouple pics u;d swear it was someones escaped. she was so tame she would just sit in ur hand.

[jeff123]

That doesn't look like a milk snake.

[snakehunter]

it is a milk, they come in two forms, the first like you are used to seeing, like a honduran, and the second like a corn.

the only way to tell them apart is by scale placement and such.

[snkmn]

oh ok. i didnt know that. i will have to remember that

[Jeff Hathaway]

They don't come in two 'forms'. There are actually about 25 different subspecies from eastern North America down to northern South America. The southern and western species are 'tricolours' but the eastern & red subspecies, which dominate most of eastern North America (except the southeast) are blotched. They are still easy to tell from corns- milks have no keels on the scales, smaller heads, differences in the blotches, etc.

Jeff Hathaway
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[Holy Mackerel]

An obvious indicator is the Y marking on the back of the head....an easy way to accuratly identify a milk. Furthermore nothing looks similar to the E. milk in ontario, and they are definatly abundant and more active late in the summer as hatching occurs late august - september.

[snakehunter]

oops, i got confused b/c we have both where i am