In December of 1978, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed hazardous waste management standards that included reduced requirements for several types of large volume wastes.
Sometimes they have a black or olive-brown base color. Some have a lighter tan base color. As with most snakes, the belly is a lighter color, usually a yellowish cream color. Some specimens have lighter-colored bands running the length of their bodies. Refer to the king cobra pictures above.
The Eastern Milk Snake is a relatively slender snake. The basic color of this snake is gray to tan. That color is broken with 3, sometimes 5, longitudinal rows of large, dark irregular spots.Some authors refer to these spots as blotches.he Eastern Milk Snake looks something like the venomous Northern Copperhead Snake. They can be separated by the arrangement of the dark color along the back of the snake. Copperhead Snakes have dark bands of color that cross the back, rather than individual spots or blotches.