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I found 2 baby ringnecks over the weekend. We have plenty of adults around my house, but these were the first I'd found that were so young.

same 2 snakes

This snake is currently in the possession of my herp professor since it wasn't known to occur in my county before I found this one. It will be returned where I found it after it has been photographed and measured.

Neat worm snakes are rarely found atleast around here. I live in Miami they are common around here but yet I have yet to find one but have seen most all other snakes.What is yours eating?
Lia

That was the first one I'd ever found. I haven't tried feeding it anything, but I read that they eat earthworms. Someone has borrowed a good book I had which detailed their diet or I'd be more specific.

Oh you should try feeding it.

The lighter one, just by the color, it is a yearling, or close to being a yearling. The dark one is clearly a neonate. Nice pics nevertheless, are you anywhere near the Pocono Mountains? I've heard of worm snakes being found up there, occasionally. What colors are the adult ringnecks where you live, any light gray adults?
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I'd say they're both the same age since I found them in the same place and they were the exact same size. I guess one could have grown slower though? I live in West Virginia, and not even in a very mountainous part, but most of the adults around here are very dark gray.

Wonder how you found your beautiful northern ringnecks, do you just flip the rocks or do you have a special way to find them ? I have difficult time to find those secretive ringnecks, has been searching the ringneck in the woods for the last five years without success although ringnecks are native to the area I live. I bet there must be a lot of redback salamanders around your house too.

I find most of them by turning over sheets of tin or other flat debris we might have laying around. Even between planks of wood sandwiched together. Most of the ones I've found at my house are around a shaded area which doesn't dry out too much. The 2 juveniles I found were between 3 bricks stacked under my porch where it is bone dry bare dirt. I guess they probably just hatched nearby and took cover there. I've also found a few in loads of hay or mulch, but most commonly under solid debris where there is leaf litter nearby.