>>A guy I work with saw this snake in his back yard (in South-Eastern Michigan) the other day. He said it was about three feet long. I'm thinking it was an Eastern Milk Snake (as there are really only three or four snakes in Michigan that look like this), but he saw it during the day, swimming across his pool - not especially typical of a Milk Snake. It also looks sort of like an Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, but I can't see any sort of rattle on the tail, and it seems like they are usually a bit thicker. Any thoughts?

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I would put money on it being an Eastern Milksnake. I don't see a Massasauga being that light bodied or having that much color. A head shot would tell for sure it wasn't a fox. Tail shot would help confirm it isn't a rattler.
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