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Red Milk Snake

Lampropeltis triangulum syspila

Description

Terrestrial; body cream to pale gray, with bright red dorsal blotches alternating with lateral blotches bordered in black; dorsal blotches much wider than in the Eastern Milk snake, give the appearance of rings, thus the common name "candy cane snake"; belly white, checkered with black

Stats

Size

24 - 36 inches

Status

Uncommon

Similar Species

Scarlet snake

Diet

Small mammals, birds, snakes (including venomous)

Habitat

Wooded upland areas, edges of fields, suburbs

Reproduction

Egg-laying - up to 12 eggs laid in June/July will hatch in August/September

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