Hi, Karalynn! What a little beauty! Juvenile snakes can be tricky, but I THINK this is a yellow rat snake. I'm going to post a link to the pictures over on the herp forum to get a more expert opinion. What I CAN tell you is that it is harmless, and definitely not a rattler of any kind, a coral snake, copperhead nor cottonmouth. As to why it was so docile, I suspect it was cold. My son fished a banded water snake out of his pond one morning last week, when the pond had ice around the edges, and it was almost in a stupor. He put it in a sunny spot to warm up, and it probably would have died if he hadn't seen it listlessly trying to swim to the edge of the pond. Later in the day, this baby might have put up a much stronger protest at being handled. Will let you know what Wayne, Mike or one of the other REAL snake experts says, but my best guess is a baby yellow rat snake. Thanks for sharing the pics!! Marcia

The timing of this thread is uncanny. I checked out the new postings this A.M. (this forum is usually my first stop) and read this thread. Midday I was in the garage potting up new cuttings and saw what I thought was a large worm in the concrete expansion joint. Looked more closely and, remembering the pictures here, recognized my "worm" as a Florida brown snake. I urged it on its way out of the garage by gently touching the end of its tail with a pencil. It very slowly headed toward the open garage door. Then it decided it didn't care for the pencil and gathered up its little body as if to strike. I backed off but when it seemed reluctant to move out I switched to a broom (my hand proved too close to the pencil to suit me). Eventually the little guy made it to the grass (and I closed the garage door!). June

I've always known them as yellow ribbon snakes. They are often found wrapped around "an old oak tree". ;>)

I agree, it would definitely be a ringneck snake, and it is probably full grown. They are very small snakes. As Lisa said, they are harmless and very beautiful. Marcia