Snake ID (sorry no pics)

[Mad About Cichlids]

It's a brown snake with orange underside, it was probably just alittle larger than a nightcrawler. Anyone with any ideas to what it was? I'm terrified of snakes so we just caught it with a clear ziplock bag and released it.

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

Was it just a garter snake? Did you find it near water?

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

yea we were out fishing


the only garter snakes I've seen before are black and yellow

 

[David Tobler]

Maybe a ringneck or black-headed snake, look those up.

 

[Tylervsmith]

hmm where r u from?

 

[Tylervsmith]

hmm where r u from?

sorry didnt look under your name.

 

[dougefresh]

First thing that came to my mind is a ringneck snake.........Not sure if they live that far North though cuz I don't know a lot about them........Did it look like this??

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[walls]

I didnt think ringnecks got up that far north.

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

Thx for the responses



Did some readings and found out we have three species of Ringneck snakes:

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Ringneck Snake [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Diadophis punctatus

[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Prairie Ringneck Snake [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Diadophis punctatus arnyi

[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Northern Ringneck Snake [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Diadophis punctatus edwardsii

Oh well at least I know it's some type of Ringsnake, just didn't know there were snakes like that around here
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[madwhitehat]

That's a musky snake too. Emits a foul odor if you piss it off. I was washing my hands all day long to remove the smell last time I picked one up. ;o)