I agree, either a Garter Snake, Ribbon Snake, or even possibly Brown Snake(Storeria ssp.)Depending on where he lives. A Copperhead is deffinitely out of the question with the striping he discribed, unless of course it was an EXTREMELY rare on-of-a-kind pattern mutation...

I am banking on it being one of the top three previously mentioned.

For the OP, here is a typical young copperhead that it definitely was not. Many people get the head shape thing very misconstrued, as most any snake has some sort slight widening at the rear of the head, especially when they are aggitated in a defense posture.


~Doug

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