Species question

[Cakesnake]

Um i found a "cornsnake" in my back yard. Or so my dads fellow Co-worker is telling me. Now it looks like a cornsnake. Dont get me wrong it has the correct markings on the bottom and everything. It has a redish spots with a greyish-brownish backround. The only thing is i live in Pennsylvania. And i am starting to learn the corn snakes dont even live here. I also found this one picture in a magazine of a milksnake. The caption below says that baby milksnakes have markings like a corn. The picture of the milksnake looks exactly like my snake. I was just wondering what everyones thought on the subject might be. And if u think it is a milksnake if you know any information on them or any good websites that you would share with me it would be apprecaited.


Thank you

 

[SilverTongue]

First post a picture if its top and bottom please. 2nd it is possible to find a corn anyware if someone has lost a pet, ofcourse I dought it would last a winter there in the wild. Ratsnakes look about identicle to cornsnake. I personally thing they are the same thing. Milksnakes IMHO are identicle to Kingsnakes

 

[Iris]

It's easy to find info. Use any search engine (I personally like www.google.com and www.metacrawler.com) and type in "Milk snake" and you'll get lots of results

 

[kenalotia]

The Eastern Milk Snake does look just about identical to a corn snake as a baby. On the other hand, it could be someone's escaped pet corn. You're right, though, corns are definitely not native to Pennsylvania.

Oh, and corn snakes are one species of rat snakes... The term rat snake is a general sort of name for several species of snakes, including E. guttata guttata (corn snakes). There's a lot of variety in rat snakes, with some looking very similar to corns and others looking pretty different.

 

[CornCrazy]

Eastern Milk Snakes

Here is a picture of a baby eastern milk snake...

Does your snake look like this???

 

[Cakesnake]

yes

Yes it does look like this only not as bright.