The
milk snake or
milksnake (
Lampropeltis triangulum), is a species of kingsnake; there were once up to 24 subspecies recognized, however fewer are officially recognized today.
Lampropeltis elapsoides, the scarlet kingsnake, was formerly classified as a 25th subspecies (
L. t. elapsoides), but is now recognized as a distinct species. The previously delineated subspecies have strikingly different appearances, and many of them have their own common names. Mo
(Wikipedia)