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Hi,
I came home late from dinner one night this past week and found 2 snakes in my drive way. One scooted under a portable basketball hoop(the one in the PIC) in the drive way and a smaller one headed for the porch. I caught the smaller one 1st. It ws maybe 6" shorter a bit more slender but much more brightly colored than the 2nd larger one. They both had the exact same patterns but the smaller was just more red and black? I tried to get a PIC of the 1st but the flash from the camera scarred it some. I didn't want it to get stressed so I let it go under the porch were it was heading. Very calm docile snake. I then picked up this one wich was much more heavey, a little longer and the color was a little duller then the 1st. This is one of the most docile wild snakes I have ever caught in my life. It never even tried to bite! After a few seconds it calmed down to a point that it was not moving much. The tongue never stopped though! LOL! I have caught my fair share of snakes were I live, mostly garters and these fat dull brown snakes wich all have rough scales and the bite me imediatly! I have caught a few snakes that looked like these LONG ago but don't rmember them being this colorfull nad so docile! I let them both go on there way. I have my hands full with my Beardie and Mali Uro so I thought it best to leave them be. Neither one took off swiftly. Sorry for the long post but it was a nice experiance and I figured it might be a Milk snake so I enjoy!

That tongue never stopped!LOL!

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Michael's Place

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Yes, it is an eastern milk. Pretty common along the inner east coast. Harmless and awesome. A little hard to get to eat out of the wild.
thanx
Mike Nagy
None Fatter Herps

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