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Hello everybody!

Yesterday I found a 3 inch long baby snake.I know nothing of snakes, that's why I need help to identify what kind of snake I found, and what and how to feed it, since it's so small, I can´t feed it small mice or things like that. I don't want to release it because I found it on the street near a tree and I don't want it to die. It's like 1.5mm diameter. I live in Guadalajara Mexico which is in the central part of Mexico. I'm currently keeping it in a dixie cup under a lamp with some water but I don't know what to feed it. I hope someone can help me help this little snake.

Thanks in advance to all.

what it is. Regardless, though...it would be better off if you took it to a wooded area near you and released it. You don't have to put it back exactly where you found it.

However, if you can post a clearer picture or two, preferably one of just the head, one overall shot and one of the underside we can probably identify it and give you some instruction on how to care for it.

Thank you, I will post another picture in a few minutes, I hope it helps...

Hello again!

I hope this closeup helps. This is the best I can do without smashing the lens againts the poor little snake. If I get any closer my camera won't focus, so I hope this is good enough.

I really couldn't turn it upside down to show the belly but it's kinda pink.

I don't want to release it cause it's so small, but I'll do anything you guys consider it's the best for the snake.

Thanks to all once more.

Hello again!

I decided to put the baby snake in a plate with water and it seems to prefer the water. Besides, it proves to be a very good swimmer. Lately, here in Guadalajara there have been very heavy T storms, so I am thinking this could be some kind of water snake, but I still have the same problem, what should I give it to eat?

I appreciate any help given.

I looked at both pics and can't see more than a black blob . . . what color is this snake? What kind of patterning? ARe the scales smooth or do the have a little ridge running down the center? Are the pupils round or in a line like a cats? If it's a water snake, try feeding it small guppies or minnows. The best thing to do probably IMHO would be to find a sheltered location near where you found the snake and let it go.
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The pictures are just not clear enough to see anything but a black outline of a snake.

Well, I decided to set the snake free. There is a creek nearby and I hope this little snake does well there.

As you can see in the pictures, it is smaller than a toothpick, to show any more detail I would need to photograph the snake under a microscope.

Thanks for your help, and I hope next time I find a snake, I can provide a good picture of it so you guys can help me identify what type of snake it is.

Thanks!

Holy cow!! Are you kidding? I thought it was a pencil or something. I've never in my life seen a snake that small. How did you see it? I have no idea what it could be..maybe a hatchling Blind Snake (Leptotyphlops ssp.)?

Ok . . a little off topic but . . . I did research on rough earth snakes and their babies are like little black worms. They were all 2 1/2 to 3 inches long and about as thin as a toothpick.

I do believe that is a Brahminy Blind Snake. Not sure if they are introduced into that part of the world, but it would not surprise me at all.

~~Greg~~
Brahminy Blind Snake

Yes, the snake is so small I had trouble feeding it. Anything I could give it would be too big. I hope it finds it's ouw food now.

Well, I was sitting in the street just talking at night with some friends and a coulple of them started to smoke so I pulled out my lighter. Afterwars, i started playing with my lighter near the gorund, and I must have put the lighter too lose to the snake because it moved, and that's how I noticed it. At first I thought it was a worm, I told my friends I found a worm (as you all might be thinking, we all had nothing better to do) and then lit up the place where the snake was, It moved like a snake so we catched it, and one of my friends brought a dixie cup and we put it there. The rest of the story is that I started looking for info in the web and that's how I found this place.

Looks like a blind worm snake but I can't be sure. Ur pics make it very hard to tell so go to google.ca and look for images of a blind worm snake and see if any pics match the snake you have. They make bad pets and that would be an adult if it is a blind worm snake, let it go if this is the case.

This is a baby plains blind snake (Leptotyphlops dulcis dulcis)

Yes, this is the kind of snake I found. The color of this snake is the same color of the belly of the one I found. They are about the same size and the eyes are very much alike, only I can't show that in my pictures because my snake is all black.

I couldn't tell you which species occur naturally around Guadalajara.

The spine on the end of the tail and the dark coloration suggest it could be a Brahminy Blind Snake, which is being introduced all over the world in potted plants. Of course, there are also dark species of blind snake that occur in Mexico naturally as well (such as Leptotyphlops goudouti - but not on the plateau).
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Chris Harrison

I think it could be an imported snake. I've seen snakes before and I too was surprised to see such a small one. In fact the first time I saw it I thougt it was a wor but the way it moved gae me the hint too look at it more closely.