I believe this tiny baby snake to be an Eastern Ribbon Snake. He doesn’t have the black lines/marks on the side of his lips like a garter snake, but he does have the spotted pattern of a garter…any ideas out there folks? For what it’s worth, I have seen mostly Eastern Garter Snake adults around here, but I have seen a few E Ribbon adults…this is the first (of either kind of) baby for us though.
what a sweet tiny face
Glistening in the sunlight
Lovely spots & stripes
In the last picture it is in the bottom of a 1/2 pint mason jar to give you an idea of just how small this little guy is. I have yarn that is thicker than he is! Very sweet, tiny and fragile baby snake. We spent some time together this early morning and then again in the late afternoon — I found him in the same spot almost both times. Elijah and I thought about keeping him, but we don’t have anything to keep him in — though, feeding him my slugs from the garden would have been nice 
Ah! So cute and tiny!! I’ve always really liked snakes, and never really understood why so many people are afraid of them… They’re truly amazing creatures.
Comment by Idzie — July 31, 2009 @ 8:01 pm
I really don’t think I have encountered any creature as sweet and patient as this little guy was…I’m sure he’ll grow to eat lots of things I don’t want around…hopefully he’ll make his way from the front yard to the backyard and eat all those damn slugs!!
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