Help ID'ing a snake

[ShaSha]

One of my co-workers was trying to ID this snake. We're not sure if it's a corn or an eastern milk. I guessed a corn due to the pattern on the top of the head, but I was hoping to get some second opinions. Which do you guys think it is? And, if it is indeed a corn, which morph does it look like?

 

[airenlow]

Eastern milk...

 

[DragonsDenSerpents]

Can you get a clearer shot of the head?

 

[DragonsDenSerpents]

Without the close head shot, yeah, agree with milk.

 

[ShaSha]

Thanks!

DragonsDenSerpents, I'll ask if he can take a close-up of the head the next time I see him.

For my future reference, how can you tell the difference between the corn and eastern milk?

 

[DragonsDenSerpents]

Easiest way I think is smaller saddles but more of them, shorter tails, and blunter snouts. They definitely have the standard short milk snake head.

 

[Shiari]

The milks seem to have a less defined neck, and a more blobular pattern overall, as it seems just about all of them have saddles that either "blorp" together, or look like they're falling off the snake.

 

[Susan]

If your co-worker found the snake in the wild, I would call it an eastern milk simply due to your location. New York is not the most likely place to find corn snakes in the wild.