Snake Identification Please Help

[jimbo12mx]

Hello I found this small snake in my yard, later to find 2 3-4 ft in length in my basement, I live in central ny and I have no idea what kind it is. any insight would be appreciated thanks!

[Stefan-A]

Can't see the picture.

[jimbo12mx]

sorry heres a link

https://picasaweb.google.com/1073849...74645991776770

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Hi there... where are you from? it looks like an eastern milksnake to me!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

wait nevermind, jus re-read your post and saw you are from NY. That's a baby eastern milksnake! Totally harmless snake, gets to be about 3-4 feet long, eats rodents and other snakes mostly.

[infernalis]

Can't see the picture.

Ditto, and I even copied the picture URL and tried to look at it directly...

Shannon how did you access the photo?

[Stefan-A]

Shannon how did you access the photo?

She replied to a post that hadn't been approved yet.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

lol... OOPS

[infernalis]

Now that I can actually see the picture, I must concur.

It is an Eastern Milk snake, Lampropeltis Triangulum Triangulum.

Beautiful and very harmless, don't let anyone ever tell you differently, there are too many New York residents who call these innocent snakes "Spotted Adders" and will try and tell you it's a dangerous snake.

[ConcinusMan]

Yup, a nice baby eastern milk snake you got there.



If you found that one, and several more, you can bet there are probably plenty of rodents around. Having these snakes around, even living in your house, is a good thing. Some make great companion pets and do well in captivity on diet of rodents. They're very cool snakes.