Missouri Animals Red milk snake   (Lampropeltis triangulum syspila) Chordate: Vertebrate: Reptile: Serpentia: Colubridae Native North American snake Habitat: forest edge. Diet: lizards, small snakes, mice,. ID Features: white, black, and red bands that alternate the length of the body. Natural History: The red milk snake is a brightly colored snake that grows to 2 1/2 feet. It is secretive and almost never found in the open. It feeds by constriction..

The graphics and text are from: The Amphibians and Reptiles of Missouri by Tom R. Johnson, Missouri Department of Conservation, ©1992