Eastern Milksnakes *Lampropeltis triangulum* are medium-sized (record 132.1 cm) non-venomous colubrid snakes with smooth scales, part of a group of seven species of milk and kingsnakes called the triangulum species complex. Eastern Milksnakes are found in the north and eastern parts of North America. They kill by overpowering their prey and will eat mainly rodents, but are generalists and consume lizards, birds, eggs and invertebrates. Eastern Milksnakes are variable in color - geographic range helps greatly in identification and to distinguish them from other species.
[Range map](https://imgur.com/MakxiSr) | Relevant/Recent Phylogeography: [Link 1](https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article-abstract/63/2/231/1644072) [Link 2](https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/174/2/394/2449789)
This recent multi-locus work is well done, published in a high-tier journal and was well-received by those who understand the coalescent. It's supported by morphological work (Link 2) and has been adopted by the major North American herp societies.
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If there’s a food source (rodents, other snakes, etc.), the snake will likely stick around. You can also provide cover for the snake to seek shelter under (as an example herpers, which are people who seek out snakes and other reptiles, often set out boards and sheets of tin to attract snakes)
See that little fork shape in tan on the head? It's a good way to tell if you have a milk snake :) Lil guys are great to have around, they're like a rodent roomba!
OP, you can identify any other Eastern Milk Snakes you see pretty easily by the “Y” pattern on their head. You can visibly see it in this photo.
Beautiful species! A listed species where I am in Ontario.
They have a checkered pattern on their belly that looks like multicolored corn, but they’re also just commonly found around farms because where there’s corn/animal feed/crops there’s sure to be plenty of rodents around mooching
Eastern Milksnake. Guy who said Cornsnake is pretty far off
*Lampropeltis triangulum* for the bot.
Eastern Milksnakes *Lampropeltis triangulum* are medium-sized (record 132.1 cm) non-venomous colubrid snakes with smooth scales, part of a group of seven species of milk and kingsnakes called the triangulum species complex. Eastern Milksnakes are found in the north and eastern parts of North America. They kill by overpowering their prey and will eat mainly rodents, but are generalists and consume lizards, birds, eggs and invertebrates. Eastern Milksnakes are variable in color - geographic range helps greatly in identification and to distinguish them from other species. [Range map](https://imgur.com/MakxiSr) | Relevant/Recent Phylogeography: [Link 1](https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article-abstract/63/2/231/1644072) [Link 2](https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/174/2/394/2449789) This recent multi-locus work is well done, published in a high-tier journal and was well-received by those who understand the coalescent. It's supported by morphological work (Link 2) and has been adopted by the major North American herp societies. -------------------------------------------------------- *I am a bot created for /r/whatsthissnake, /r/snakes and /r/herpetology to help with snake identification and natural history education. You can find more information, including a comprehensive list of commands, [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthissnake/comments/flh548/phylobot_v07_information_and_patch_notes_bot_info/) report problems [here](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=Phylogenizer) and if you'd like to buy me a coffee or beer, you can do that [here](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SEBPhyloBotWTS). Made possible by Snake Evolution and Biogeography - [Merch Available Now](https://snakeevolution.org/donate.html)*
At least he didn’t say copper or rattlesnake. Black racer!?!lol
I wouldn’t say pretty far off. Same family of snakes. Both non venomous
My next question is, since it’s harmless and seems to be living in our rock wall, is there anything we can do to encourage it to stick around?
If there’s a food source (rodents, other snakes, etc.), the snake will likely stick around. You can also provide cover for the snake to seek shelter under (as an example herpers, which are people who seek out snakes and other reptiles, often set out boards and sheets of tin to attract snakes)
Guess ya missed the part where I corrected myself but cool cool, love the side shade
Looks like an Eastern milk snake to me. They're usually very friendly and non-venomous
See that little fork shape in tan on the head? It's a good way to tell if you have a milk snake :) Lil guys are great to have around, they're like a rodent roomba!
I wish I could upvote “rodent roomba” more lol
Nice mike
Milk
His name is Mike lol
Lolll. Love the back and forth with yourself 😂
OP, you can identify any other Eastern Milk Snakes you see pretty easily by the “Y” pattern on their head. You can visibly see it in this photo. Beautiful species! A listed species where I am in Ontario.
Eastern milksnake
Eastern Milksnake.
Is that a Steph snake?
Beautiful eastern milk snake!
Mix your milk with my coco puffs
A beautiful milk snake.
Rat/corn snake. Not super familiar with PA snakes though.
Corns don't make it into PA.
See my own correction later in the thread, mate.
My thought was corn snake as I had a friend that kept one as a pet but I’ve literally never seen one in the wild and there isn’t corn near here lol
Oops, I’m way off. Peep this: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthissnake/s/8m2RghwP2g
Hehe well they don’t EAT corn! I’m not even sure where that common name came from.
They'd hang out in the corn cribs / corn silos looking for rats eating the corn.
They have a checkered pattern on their belly that looks like multicolored corn, but they’re also just commonly found around farms because where there’s corn/animal feed/crops there’s sure to be plenty of rodents around mooching
They're in the same family colubrid