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Southern Ringneck

Susan

Susan

Go Ahead, Make My Day!
It started simply as a combined effort to get all the garbage out to the curb for pick-up, but ended up being an interesting local wildlife photo session. Hubby spotted the first creature by the heat pump and you'll find pics of that one in the General Chit Chat forum. We moved that creature to the other side of the house where it would find more food (by the new compost pile that includes the old rodent bedding and droppings). On our way back in, hubby turns over a large piece of plywood that's been laying there for over a year and spots this little thing. He makes the quick grap, gets the musky works and then lets me take several photos. He's no Dean when it comes to showing off a snake at it's best while in the hand, but he at least tried. And once the little thing settled down a bit, I was able to get some better shots that showed off it's lovely yellow and red belly better. Hubby has found these little things often, thinking them just about adults. However, when I looked it up, to make exactly sure what the species was called, I read that these actually can grow to 30 inches in length. Maybe one day I'll find one that size.
 
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Great find Susan! I'd love to find a ringneck someday. They're such cute little snakes with such great coloring; not to mention the rarity of finding one makes it even that much more exciting :)
 
Wow...isn't that little guy pretty. I love small snakes like that. The marking down the sides is very cool, almost looks blue. Great find Susan. :cheers:
Jay :cool:
 
That's so cool! Another Florida snake I haven't found yet. But I did catch a Short-tailed snake once, so that counts for a lot.

Nanci
 
Susan said:
However, when I looked it up, to make exactly sure what the species was called, I read that these actually can grow to 30 inches in length. Maybe one day I'll find one that size.
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Just to let you know that's a bit big for a southern ringneck. In the west they can get that size but southern are about 6-10 inches. Record is right around 18 inches and the largest I've ever caught was 17.

Pruddock said:
I'd love to find a ringneck someday. They're such cute little snakes with such great coloring; not to mention the rarity of finding one makes it even that much more exciting :)
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Rarity? Look under logs, rocks and other debris and you should have no problem getting one. I'm not sure how abundant they are in TX but I've caught many in Oklahoma. It is one of the few snakes I can almost guarantee to catch if I flip stuff.

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Nice find and pictures!!

I once caught a 2" long baby at a campground here in LA, I only found it because I was looking at leaf litter and saw a leaf that was vibrating weirdly... very cool. I was a kid and didn't have a camera at all, let alone a digital so no pics. :(
 
gorgeous. it must be amazing to find things like this living in your back yard, you are very lucky. i have two rabbits and....worms!!!!! lol
 
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