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Hey guys,

My boyfriend and I found this little one in the yard today. He's about 6 inches long and a little less than an inch wide, with a light brown color and a white underbelly. He also has a great disposition! Any idea what kind of snake it is? I've never seen one like this before, almost looks like a little worm!

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--SneakySnakesINC--

1.0 Northern Pine Snake (Oshy)
1.0 Bull Snake (Irwin)
0.1 Ball Python (Nagini)
0.1 Yellow Rat Snake (Ember)
1.0 Albino Black Rat Snake (Vegas)
1.0 Citrus X red phase bearded dragon (Twyman)
1.1 Oriental Fire Bellied Toads (Spot and Dott)

2.0 Equines (Sherlock the draft and Cleatis the donkey)
4.0 Felines (Caesar Ray, Pharoh, Phoenix, Boomer)
1.0 WC boyfriend (Ryan)

Rough earth snake...Virginia striatula I think.
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

crimsonking.piczo.com/

Thanks for the reply! I was looking at an identification site and saw that one, I thought it could be one of those but I wasn't sure.

Thanks again!
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--SneakySnakesINC--

1.0 Northern Pine Snake (Oshy)
1.0 Bull Snake (Irwin)
0.1 Ball Python (Nagini)
0.1 Yellow Rat Snake (Ember)
1.0 Albino Black Rat Snake (Vegas)
1.0 Citrus X red phase bearded dragon (Twyman)
1.1 Oriental Fire Bellied Toads (Spot and Dott)

2.0 Equines (Sherlock the draft and Cleatis the donkey)
4.0 Felines (Caesar Ray, Pharoh, Phoenix, Boomer)
1.0 WC boyfriend (Ryan)

..but maybe a smooth? Virginia valeriae
Can't see it well enough to tell if there are slight keels.
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

crimsonking.piczo.com/

It looks to be a Smooth Earth to me.

~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

I think it is a smooth earth snake. The fine black speckles on the neck are more distinctive and the scales in the pic look smooth. The actually eat worms!

Make that one more vote for Smooth Earthsnake, in case there is still any doubt. I've never seen that sort of striping on a Rough Earthsnake.

If you have a headshot, you can tell the difference by counting labial scales, like this (smooth on top, rough on bottom) -

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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas