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It took some sleuthing, but they determined it was not a species prohibited in Oregon or Washington, and they further narrowed its identity to a Honduran milk snake.

The two most prevalent are the common garter snake and milk snake.

But after she and her husband caught the snake in a transparent container, an expert told them it was a non-venomous female milk snake common in Massachusetts.

“Is that a milk snake?” a man asked about a colorful specimen.

They included members of the northern watersnake, racer, milk snake and queen snake species.