page_title: Milk snake
section_title: Subspecies
hierarchical_section_title: Milk snake / Subspecies
caption_attribution_description: English: Lampropeltis triangulum annulata. Animal courtesy of Austin Reptile Service.
context_page_description: Lampropeltis triangulum, commonly known as the milk snake or milksnake, is a species of kingsnake; 24 subspecies are currently recognized. 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 could be split into several separate species. They are not venomous to humans.
context_section_description: Guatemalan milk snake, L. t. abnorma (Bocourt, 1886)
  Louisiana milk snake, L. t. amaura (Cope, 1861)
  Andean milk snake, L. t. andesiana (K.L. Williams, 1978)
  Mexican milk snake, L. t. annulata (Kennicott, 1861)
  Jalisco milk snake, L. t. arcifera (Werner, 1903)
  Blanchard's milk snake, L. t. blanchardi (Stuart, 1935)
  Pueblan milk snake, L. t. campbelli (Quinn, 1983)
  New Mexico milk snake, L. t. celaenops (Stejneger, 1903)
  Conant's milk snake, L. t. conanti (K.L. Williams, 1978)
  Dixon's milk snake, L. t. dixoni (Quinn, 1983)
  black milk snake, L. t. gaigeae (Dunn, 1937)
  Central Plains milk snake, L. t. gentilis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
  Honduran milk snake, L. t. hondurensis (K.L. Williams, 1978)
  pale milk snake, L. t. multistriata (Kennicott, 1861)
  Nelson's milk snake, L. t. nelsoni (Blanchard, 1920)
  Pacific Central American milk snake, L. t. oligozona (Bocourt, 1886)
  Atlantic Central American milk snake, L. t. polyzona (Cope, 1861)
  Sinaloan milk snake, L. t. sinaloae (K.L. Williams, 1978)
  Smith's milk snake, L. t. smithi (K.L. Williams, 1978)
  Stuart's milk snake, L. t. stuarti (K.L. Williams, 1978)
  red milk snake, L. t. syspila (Cope, 1889)
  Utah milk snake, L. t. taylori (W.W. Tanner & Loomis, 1957)
  eastern milk snake, L. t. triangulum (Lacépède, 1788)
caption: A Mexican milk snake (L. t. annulata)
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