New Mexico Milk Snake
Lampropeltis triangulum celaenops
- L. t. celaenops – Bernalillo Co, NM – photo by Linda Butler
- L. t. celaenops – Brewster Co, TX – photo by Dell Despain
- L. t. celaenops – Brewster Co, TX – photo by Dell Despain
- L. t. celaenops – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Bill Koenig
- L. t. celaenops – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Bill Koenig
- L. t. celaenops – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Bill Koenig
- L. t. celaenops – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Bill Koenig
- L. t. celaenops – Coconino Co, AZ – photo by Bill Koenig
- L. t. celaenops – Coconino Co, AZ – photo by Krista Bakke
- L. t. celaenops – Crane Co, TX – photo by Gerald Keown, SWCHR
- L. t. celaenops – Crockett Co, TX – photo by Rob Klockman
- L. t. celaenops – Crockett Co, TX – photo by Rob Klockman
- L. t. celaenops – Crockett Co, TX – photo by Travis Dimler
- L. t. celaenops Habitat – Jeff Davis Co, TX – photo by Nathan Wells
- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Lampropeltis t. celaenops occurs in the Trans-Pecos and Big Bend Regions of Texas, throughout the eastern and northern portions of New Mexico and in northern Arizona. There is also a small isolated milksnake population in Cochise County, Arizona that has thus far been regarded as being celaenops.
LEGAL STATUS: Lampropeltis t. celaenops is protected in Cochise County, Arizona.