Wild Snake Identification

[Merovingian]

Howdy guys.

I found this little guy in my yard this afternoon.

Was wondering if any of you knew what it was.

He is VERY small, maybe 4 inches. Obviously a fresh hatchling.

My guess is a harmless rat snake, but I want to make sure as I have small kids around.

He is a reddish brown with just a bit of grey flecking.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Merovingian]

here is a better picture.

 

[airenlow]

http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?snakeID=10&venomous=0&patterned=0&striped=0&solid=0&all=1 :shrugs:

 

[RobbiesCornField]

I agree, Josh.

 

[MegF.]

Awfully red for a brown snake. They are truly...just brown. Tan with brown markings although the head striping matches. Definitely not a rat snake. I think it is actually a plains black headed snake seen here:
http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?snakeID=33&venomous=0&patterned=0&striped=0&solid=0&all=0

 

[Kevin S.]

Sure looks like a Storeria from what I can see-my first instinct was that it looks a lot like the redbellies I find here.

 

[Ricky87]

At first glance I thought it was a Brown Snake and after googling Brown Snake's I'm going to say I'm 90% sure that's what it is...They look different depending on where exactly they come from, but some of the pictures looked identical to this one.

 

[MegF.]

Looking again at the photos there were some reddish ones. The ones here are pretty....well...drab They do have the distinct band on the head though.

 

[airenlow]

The profile view of the head is identical to the brown snake pics...