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Eastern Milksnake

Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum

Photo by wildsweld
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Description:

My nephew came across this fella in the woods in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. He said it shook its tail at him. Anyone know what snake this is?

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Milksnake

Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum
AaronS.Young
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Comments (3)
wildsweld
Ah, that is sad sounding - all that effort to threaten you and it only works in certain circumstances. I didn't know this about snakes - thank you for the info RedTopRanger!
RedTopRanger
A lot of snakes will rattle their tail to mimic rattle snakes! It really only works if they're on something like dry leaves otherwise you can't really even tell they're doing ot.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2013

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