To ask a question about a snake, don't reply to this post, go to the forum home page and start a new post. Your question will get a lot more exposure. Please give us an idea of where you live, as reptiles can often be identified only by locality!

Please do not place messages about killing a snake, and asking what kind it is you have killed! That is like going onto a message board about dogs and telling about torturing one to death, and asking what kind of breed it was. You will likely get "flamed", and likely by the forum owner, depending on his mood that day.

A note about head shape in snakes: Head shape is a totally useless character for identifying a snake, and has nothing to do with whether the serpent is or is not venomous (poisonous). Many harmless snakes, especially when young, have rather large heads. Please describe color, pattern, markings, and habitat where the snake was found. The shape of the head will not help us in any way. Thank you.

Re: Eastern ringneck snakes

Posted by Jenny on April 25, 2007, 6:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Eastern ringneck snakes"
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I was wondering me and my friend was in the woods just right there where you just step in and about 10ft away was a black snake with a yellow neck and it scared us so i was wondering are they poisonous? --Previous Message-- : : --Previous Message-- : A locel store has a number of these : little guys for sale and I'd like to : know more before buying any. I live in : California now, but when I lived in : Kentucky I caught one of these near a : river and it never ate. I'm told by the : shop keeper that they eat red worms and : small slugs and that they would be : suitable in a vivarium style enclosure : with long tailed vine lizards, fire : bellied newts, assorted small frogs and : such. Is this acurate info? : : : Well, there is no such as a eastern : ringneck snake, 5 sub-species of : ringneck snakes can be found in the : east, and determining which sub-species : the pet store has in stock, will : determine what you will need to keep it : successfully. : : The sub-species are different, there : are major differences in size, strength : of their venom, diet and sexual : maturity. : : Go to the pet store, and get me a good : description of what the snakes look : like, ring, belly, dorsal, tail, and : size. : : Keeping a ringneck snake with another : herp is not the smartest thing to do. : One would most likely try to eat any : newt, any frog, any lizard in their : enclosure, depending on sub-species of : course. : : Mike :

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Message Thread: Eastern ringneck snakes - Allen May 5, 2005, 8:53 pm Re: Eastern ringneck snakes - Mike Fedzen May 7, 2005, 4:21 pm Re: Eastern ringneck snakes - Jenny April 25, 2007, 6:19 pm « Back to thread

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