SNAKES OUTSIDE OUR DOOR!
Posted by cmack on 17 Aug 2008 at 02:50 pm | Tagged as: Family & Friends
The other day, Kelly stepped outside our front door and there in front of him were 4 Florida ringneck snakes in this little bunch, as you see in the photo below. Look at those colors, aren’t they striking?!!
4 Central Florida Ringneck Snakes
We love these little guys, and they ARE little. Actually they are about the size of a #2 pencil, which is a ringneck’s typical size. The average adult size is 6-10 inches. They have a skinny black body with a bright orange or yellow neck ring. The belly is a captivating bright orange, yellow or red as seen above.
Here You See The Rings Around the Necks, As The 4 Snakes Disband
HABITAT:
Typically, they live in mulch and leaves under shrubs and feed on small lizards, earthworms, and slugs. They are as harmless as an earthworm with a mouth and teeth so small they couldn’t hurt anyone if they did bite them.
4 Ringneck Snakes Retreat Into Their Habitat
Kelly and I are constantly reminded of God’s handy work in creation by the beauty we see daily living here in Florida. It’s great to have this type of forum to share it with you. Come and visit us in Orlando and you can enjoy it all first hand.
Oooh, Connie, I think you have some flora and fauna that might be more universally appealing than these! For example, I dig the cranes…
You are so right Marti. And, I do have some of those more “universally appealing” creatures on film that I can share.
But for guys, and especially Kelly this grabs their fancy. Kelly is using the this photo of the ringnecks as wallpaper on his laptop.
Thanks for your site! It’s the only one that showed excellent photos of the bellies of ring-necked snakes. I have a question for you though… The snakes on our property are identical to the top photo on this page with the gorgeous graduating tequila sunrise colors in the belly, but with one exception. The ring on the neck matches the red color found under their tails. Each website I’ve visited includes a description of the ring as yellow or orange. Have you heard of a red ring before?