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i just this morning found this little snake, about the size of a worm. its got a dark brown head, a light brown body and the bottom of it is bright orange. i think its a baby because its so small and really friendly.
i'd like to know what kind of snake it is and if it would be able to be put in a 20 gallon aquarium with a ball python, you think they would bother each other? oh and i also would like to know what i nshould feed it, im thinking maybe pinkies or crickets, but even those may be too big for his little head

oh and ill be po9sting picture when i find out how

Telling us where the snake lived before you found it would help a lot. Like the continent, country, section of the country.

From your description, it could well be a red bellied snake, Storeria occipitomaculata. They feed on slugs, earthworms, & other soft- bodied insects.

~~Greg~~

I have 2 Florida Redbellies, and they will eat nothing but slugs. I have tried earthworms, a variety of soft bellied insects, even tried deshelling snails, but to no avail. Very sweet little snakes, but I would never keep it with your other snake. One thing is the risk of parasitic or viral transferance. They can easily be housed in a 10 or 5 gallon (10 is better).

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Jenea

1:1 Tricolor Hognose
0:0:2 Florida Redbelly Snakes
0:1 Gulf Coast Box Turtle
1:1 Red-eared Slider
2:0 Cats
1:1 Kids
1:0 Spouse

well i live in northern Georgia, and i found it on the driveway

They aren't great pics but I took them today on my first trip out for the season.


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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"

That is a western worm snake.
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"

no... see its whole head was brown and it kind of had two really faint stripes on it

N Ga? where are you? i live in Rome....
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Greg

in alpharretta, kind of near atlanta, have you ever been their?