I found this snake hiding under a log out on my property... I live in Northern California in a woodsy area. This looks and acts a lot like a couple of ringneck snakes I had found (orange band around the neck and bright orange tails to a less orange belly) in the whole docile-curl-up-as-tight-as-you-can sort of behaviour. However, this one doesn't seem to have any ring around the neck or a brightly colored belly. Its just as small as the ringnecks I'd found (less than the width of your pinky and maybe a foot long) with very dull hardly noticable stripes down its sides of a yellowy-orange colour and a cream coloured belly with black stripes. The top of its body is a sort of slate gray. What kind of snake is it and how would one care for it?

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• Found in a moist place hiding... - tiggy, Sun Mar 7 23:39:34 2004
• forgot photo, sry - tiggy, Sun Mar 7 23:50:58 2004
• Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis) - chrish, Mon Mar 8 06:59:28 2004
• RE: Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis) - tiggy, Mon Mar 8 18:40:19 2004
• RE: Found in a moist place hiding... - dasnakeguy, Tue Mar 9 01:09:33 2004