Milk snake

''Lampropeltis triangulum'', commonly known as a milk snake or milksnake, is a species of king snake. There are 24 subspecies of milk snakes. ''Lampropeltis elapsoides'', the scarlet kingsnake, was formerly classified as the subspecies ''L. t. elapsoides'', but is now recognized as a distinct species. The subspecies have strikingly different appearances, and many of them have their own common names. Some authorities suggest that this species may be split into several separate species. They are not.. more