Milk Snake

Scientific Name: Lampropeltis triangulum


Size: The Milk snake grow from 50 to 152 cm.


Habitat: The Milk snake can live in wooded areas, prairies and rocky areas.


Diet: This species of snake eats insects, lizards, small mammals, birds, frogs, other snakes and even their own eggs.


Native/ Non-native: Native to eastern United States and Southern Canada.


Status: The current status for the milk snake is special concern.


Fun fact: The Milk snake gets their name because it was once believed that they went into barns and stole milk from cows.


Image attribution: Will Brown, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons