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I just ended up with a beautiful ring necked snake (I am in the FL panhandle), and am looking for any care / feeding info. I have kept FL redbellies for years, so I am somewhat familiar with small species, just not these. Any help or info would be appreciated.

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Jenea
Guardian Reptiles

"When your memories are bigger than your dreams, you're headed for the grave" Author unknown

I would assume what you have is a southern ringneck snake...

Keep it how you kept the red belly snakes...

Food wise, southern ringnecks will eat worms, fish, frogs, lizards, ant eggs, and small snakes.

Your best bet is to let it settle in for a week or two, and drop a worm in front of it.
If that doesn't work, a little bowl of guppies might do the trick.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.kingpinreptiles.com
^ Updated 10/8

Thanks Mike. Here is a pic of its setup, as well as a nice belly pic.

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Jenea
Guardian Reptiles

"When your memories are bigger than your dreams, you're headed for the grave" Author unknown

That is an unbroken neckring. This is copied from this website.

http://www.enaturalist.org/faq/11

"The Northern Ringneck (D. p. edwardsii) typically has an unbroken neck ring and a solid yellow or orange-yellow belly and no or few spots on the belly.

The Prairie Ringneck (D. p. arnyi) typically has an unbroken neck ring, a yellow or orange-yellow belly becoming reddish toward the tail tip and lots of irregular spots on the belly.

The Southern Ringneck (D. p. punctatus) typically has a broken neck ring..."

I have 2 Southern Ringnecks. Big Eaters once they settle in. Look at my pics.

How do you have yours set up and what do you feed them?

I am in Florida, do Northern ringnecks come this far south?
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Jenea
Guardian Reptiles

"When your memories are bigger than your dreams, you're headed for the grave" Author unknown

No....
And it's not uncommon for southern ringnecks to have complete neck rings.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.kingpinreptiles.com
^ Updated 10/8

Then the belly markings and the location found would identify the snake?

Found in escambia county FL (North west panhandle)

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Jenea
Guardian Reptiles

"When your memories are bigger than your dreams, you're headed for the grave" Author unknown

Thanks for the belly shot. No halfmoons, just small spots. I wonder where the southern most location is for a Northern Ringneck?

Ringnecks are excellent climbers. I have a tall tank with branches 10" off the ground. It's divided into 3 areas, 3 inches deep, dirt, moss and mulch, moss being the prefered hide. The snake shed today but it came off in a few pieces. Keeping the humidity high is key. Also look at your backyard then look at your tank, try to keep it real.

The Brown I have gave me 7 perfect sheds, living in the same tank.

The way ringnecks look these days doesn't matter much... According to some people there is no such thing as "sub-species" in ringnecks.

Regardless, snakes get loose here and there, ringnecks breed with ringnecks, sub-species doesn't matter to them.

Therefore you will find southern ringnecks in New Jersey, and you'll find northern ringnecks in places where they don't belong.

The snake in the picture is a southern.
I've seen specimens with no spots, half moons, scattered spots, complete neck rings, broken rings, not every snake is gonna be the same and fit the description of that sub-species to a T.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.kingpinreptiles.com
^ Updated 10/8

Like the South Park show that was 200 yrs into the future. Everyone looked the same, from mixing the sub-species of Homosapiens.