Observations about members of Order Serpentes (Class Reptilia, Phylum Chordata, Kingdom Animalia)
that live on Mount Desert Island

 (information compiled by the Champlain Project)


Order Serpentes is represented on Mount Desert Island by a single family (Colubridae) of 5 species in 5 genera:
   Diadophis punctatus (ringneck snake)
   Lampropeltis triangulum (milk snake)
   Opheodrys vernalis (smooth green snake)
   Storeria occipitomaculata (red-bellied snake)
   Thamnophis sirtalis (common garter snake)



Lampropeltis triangulum (milk snake): This photograph was taken by Don Lenahan on 1 July 2007 off the Eagle Lake carriage road on the west side of the lake (Bar Harbor).