I agree with Doug - Northern Water Snake.
About a week ago a friend/neighbor called and asked me to come remove a snake from their pool here in southwestern NC. I've never seen baby water snakes before & it's been many moons since I've seen baby rat snakes. Due to it's small size and vertical banding on its side I was pretty sure it was a Northern Water Snake.
I took some pics tonight to identify it & post in this forum if I wasn't able to ID it, or needed confirmation. I figured my buddy Doug would know what it was.
Here are a few pics:
Since these snakes are often mistaken for Copperheads in this area I'm going to try to raise it up on rodents so I can use it in educational shows. One thing for sure, this lil' booger definitely has a water snake attitude, which is different than rat snakes.
Ya'll take care!
HH
(Mike)
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American
