It is hard to be absolutely sure from the photos, but I would suggest one of two things based on the shape/color and the amount of rain you got this week.

1. The color size and shape leads me straight to a Rough Earthsnake (Virginia striatula). They are small, brown like that, have a skin texture like that and are very common even in residential areas of Central Texas. They also are commonly seen after rains.

2. The other thin that kind of bugs me is that it almost looks like there is a blunt tail visible in the photo at the bottom. This could be a damaged tail on an Earthsnake, or it could mean this is a Texas Blindsnake (Leptotyphlops dulcis). But Leptotyphlops are more shiny pink than brown. But Blindsnakes also come to the surface after rains (I found one outside of San Marcos just last night after all their rain.)

I would go with Rough Earthsnake, and I would suggest getting your snake IDs from this site and reserving Facebook for what it is good for.....and other than data mining, I can't think what that would be.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

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