house snake

house snake

n. See milk snake.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

house snake - nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakescheckered adder, Lampropeltis triangulum, milk adder, milk snakeking snake, kingsnake - any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals