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 
