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This lil bugger freaked out the poor girl who answers the phone.
I told her I'd find out what it is, so help me out.

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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

looks like a young water snake, harmless.
Depends where you are to find the specific type.
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Wow!,...normally this would be very easy, but that is one fuzzy, washed-out photo!. I needed a magnifying glass to see if I could see it any better(especially the head) to no real avail.

My best guess is a juvenile Midland Water Snake(Nerodia sipedon pleuralis), or possibly a Banded Water Snake(Nerodia fasciata). In any case, I can say the snake is absolutely harmless, that much I can make out on the patterning, so please don't harm the poor little dude.

What state and county was it capture in?

Here is one that looks very similar

~Doug

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

Sorry about the crappy picture, I didn't want to stress it out any more than it already was. Kids ya know.
It was caught in Montgomery, Alabama.
It's only about 10 inches long.
I was thinking water snake or chicken snake myself, but, the small white lines along the back have me confused.

Scott
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

Yes, I certainly understand how that could happen..LOL!

Was it released in the near vacinity from where it came(hopefully by a water source, canal, pond, lake, etc..)?, as they feed on small fish and amphibians.

Here is a juvenile Gray Ratsnake(Chicken Snake) that is very typical of your area in Alabama, this is definitely not what yours was though.

best regards, ~Doug

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