Found during a summer leaf raking.
1 Like
That’s pretty small, do you know what it is?
1 Like
That cute little guy probably had a not so tiny momma around somewhere.
1 Like
We have a ring neck snake here that is small like that and really does not get much bigger, but it is colored different than that and obviously it has a ring around its neck.
1 Like
I don’t know what kind it is. Was hoping someone would ID it.
1 Like
Thanks
1 Like
I get brown snakes all the time, and they’re no longer than a foot,
and totally harmless. Because they’re so small, they can only eat insects.
2 Likes
Wow, that is a very small “normal” looking snake! But I think the blind snake we have in Hawaii is even smaller. I’ve sometimes found them digging in the garden and they never get any bigger than your average earthworm!
2 Likes
That looks like a young ribbon garter snake . I find them that small . They color up later . I can see faint stripes .
1 Like
yep…common garter snake. I don’t think that all of them get stripes. Bill, baby copperheads look remarkably similar. Their heads are small when they are babies and don’t really get noticeable markings until later.
1 Like
The smallest copperheads I have seen have a very noticeable green tail
1 Like
Some of the native water snakes here are only 3" when they are born.
pretty confident it is a brown, or DeKay’s. Very common snakes, and rarely more than 14-16 inches for full-size adults even.
1 Like
We get beautiful striped garter snakes that size here in Santa Cruz. When I find one I quickly put it in a bushy area where my cat can’t get at it because he’s shown a taste for them in the past. Harmless and lovely, little living art pieces.
2 Likes
I have several of those in my leafy flower gardens here in NC. They eat the bugs and maybe the snails? I have a shyer sort that is small like that but a bright green color like new growth on plants! That one climbs the little shrubs. Finally, a big, big black snake climbs the large evergreen shrubs behind the others 
Welcome, Cafe! What area of NC are you in?
Thank you for the welcome! I’m in the Piedmont, a bit north and east of Winston-Salem, more in the country. My orchard is old field near other old fields and pastures, but we are closely flanked by large woods that have every bug possible in this area, I believe 
On my land, about 45 miles north of NYC, we get these tiny black snakes with red rings on their necks. They are almost certainly mature at that size. They tend to try enter my home in the fall, especially by way of the basement garage.
1 Like
Northern Ringneck snake. They’re harmless but aggressive when frightened. We have them around here too, but I haven’t seen one for years.
1 Like