Baby snake id?

Starlight · August 9, 2016

Oh no! (shivers)

I have a new type of snake in the yard. Went down the porch steps last night and seen a brown tail wiggling and thought it might be one of my lizards and when it came into full view it was a baby snake.

I have not seen this snake before. I tried googling and closest thing I could find was a poisonous brown snake from Australia. I'm hoping we may have a few snake people here that could tell me what it is and if it is dangerous or not.

The snake is a baby right now. Maybe about 5" in length. Fast as a whip. The body looks smooth and is a tan/brown color. At first I thought it might have been a baby copperhead til I saw the head and realized I had never seen this one before.

The head is pointed which makes me think poisonous. The front of the head is a dark black, then there is a small band that is like a light tanish color and then a ring of the black again before having the tan/brown body.

With its small size I know it may be a new hatchling, maybe even just a few days old and if there is one, there is more which has my heart in a major panic.

We finally have had some good rainshowers, gully washers the past week after such a major drought and rain expected for more than the next week everyday and I know that the snakes will be flooded out of their holes.

Can anybody help with a possible id? I've looked at google pics til I have made myself sick and paranoid. Once I know what I am dealing with I can calm down and be more watchful of where I walk and what I am doing. This snake was heading from front porch area to under the trailer which is what worries me.

Also, I know with all these rains and possible a litle bit cooler temps the snakes will be moving around. I'm a flip-flop kind of gal. New baby snakes means it back to wearing tennis shoes, but if I encounter one of the many poisonous ones we have like the copperheads, rattlers especially, I know that no kind of protection. Is there some sort of shoes that good for stopping snakes from biting through? I got a bunch of wooded clean up to do and if I accidentally step on one especially a juvenile I would like to have some better protection on my feet.

August 9, 2016	#1
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	Baby snake id? Oh no! (shivers) I have a new type of snake in the yard. Went down the porch steps last night and seen a brown tail wiggling and thought it might be one of my lizards and when it came into full view it was a baby snake. I have not seen this snake before. I tried googling and closest thing I could find was a poisonous brown snake from Australia. I'm hoping we may have a few snake people here that could tell me what it is and if it is dangerous or not. The snake is a baby right now. Maybe about 5" in length. Fast as a whip. The body looks smooth and is a tan/brown color. At first I thought it might have been a baby copperhead til I saw the head and realized I had never seen this one before. The head is pointed which makes me think poisonous. The front of the head is a dark black, then there is a small band that is like a light tanish color and then a ring of the black again before having the tan/brown body. With its small size I know it may be a new hatchling, maybe even just a few days old and if there is one, there is more which has my heart in a major panic. We finally have had some good rainshowers, gully washers the past week after such a major drought and rain expected for more than the next week everyday and I know that the snakes will be flooded out of their holes. Can anybody help with a possible id? I've looked at google pics til I have made myself sick and paranoid. Once I know what I am dealing with I can calm down and be more watchful of where I walk and what I am doing. This snake was heading from front porch area to under the trailer which is what worries me. Also, I know with all these rains and possible a litle bit cooler temps the snakes will be moving around. I'm a flip-flop kind of gal. New baby snakes means it back to wearing tennis shoes, but if I encounter one of the many poisonous ones we have like the copperheads, rattlers especially, I know that no kind of protection. Is there some sort of shoes that good for stopping snakes from biting through? I got a bunch of wooded clean up to do and if I accidentally step on one especially a juvenile I would like to have some better protection on my feet.