It's 15-18 inches long, only 1/2-3/4 inch diameter. Red but not bright red (but he might be a little dirty) and smaller tan rings separated by thinner black - so, black-red-black-tan-black-red....
If he's a corn snake, maybe it's not really rings, and he'll grow into his spots.
Found this pretty fellow in the yard. Very feisty - didn't hesitate to attack a small stick held near it! I'm not sure of king snake IDs...
(sorry about the grainy photo - it's a frame from a digital movie)
Hi! I am hoping someone can help me ID this 18" snake that appeared above my kitchen cabinets in my NYC apartment. Thank you!