Lampropeltis triangulum syspila, commonly known as the red milk snake or red milksnake, is a subspecies of the milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum).

[1] The nonvenomous, colubrid snake is indigenous to the central United States.

[2] The red milk snake is found from southern Indiana through northwestern Mississippi, western Kentucky, southeastern South Dakota through eastern Oklahoma and Kansas.

[3] An isolated population can be found in Bankhead National Forest in northwestern Alabama.

Their dorsal color pattern is narrow bands of white, pale gray, cream, or tan bordered by black, alternated with red dorsal saddles.