Milk snakes and garters.

[EasternGirl]

I'm wondering where milk snakes are found because I don't believe I have ever seen any around here.

[infernalis]

Lampropeltis Triangulum Triangulum, Found anywhere east of the rocky mountains, from Mexico all the way up into Canada.

[EasternGirl]

I definitely have to find some good places to go herping around here now that I know more about snakes...there are a lot of places that I can think of that I imagine would be good places to find snakes, I have just never had the desire to look for snakes before now. This spring I will have to venture out and look around at some of these places.

[infernalis]

I have two as captives, and I believe Shnnon keeps one as well.

[Bart]

At least you have some variety snakes in your area. In my area there are only Natrix natrix and Vipera berus (never saw one).


Wayne - I never doubted they are Lampropeltis. They are just so similar to anery corns!

[EasternGirl]

Since I am new to herping...I have only seen eastern garters, which all looked pretty much the same in pattern and color, a couple of black snakes, and a hognose. In fact, I am not even sure which snakes are native to this area. Okay...wait...I have seen many water moccasins...in the swamp areas...I was not actually looking for those! You get away from those pretty quick. And I have seen a copperhead when I was little. I have heard that corns are native to Delaware, but I have never seen corns or milksnakes in the wild. I do not know of any other species of snake native to Delaware. I think I'm going to research that right now...

[EasternGirl]

Very interesting...in addition to the snakes that I named, we apparently also have: the northern scarlet snake, the eastern kingsnake, the eastern milksnake, the redbelly watersnake, the rough greensnake, the pine snake, the queen snake, the brown snake, the redbelly snake, the eastern ribbon snake, the smooth earth snake, and the timber rattlesnake (which, like the copperhead, is a pit viper and venomous) the water moccassin is also venomous. Also interesting, is that nowhere was the garter snake mentioned. There may be more snakes that were also not mentioned. Now I really must get out there herping! Of course, I need to get pictures of all of these snakes so that I can identify them.

[Bart]

Wow. Not bad. Those are snakes of Poland:

• Coronella austriaca - very rare
• Elaphe longissima - extremely rare (only in the mountains)
• Natrix natrix - pretty common
• Natrix tesselata - recorded ONCE in Poland
• Vipera berus - uncommon

So - I envy you, Marnie. I have a chance to see only 2 species and MAYBE 3.

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...I had no idea we had so many different species here in Delaware! It is very exciting to discover. I hope I get the chance to see some of them at some point and maybe post some pics. I will have to do some research to find out where the different species tend to be found and start looking around when the weather is warm...I am getting a new camera for Christmas...maybe I can get some good pictures!

[snakehill]

We have a wide variety in New England too but I've never found anything other than Eastern garters.