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Description: Ringneck snakes are small - 10 - 15 in (25 - 38 cm) - slender snakes that are generally grayish with a yellow or orange band around the back of the neck and a yellow or orange underside. Two subspecies are found in our region. The northern ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus edwardsi) inhabits the mountains and generally has a complete neck ring and unpatterned underside. The Southern ringneck (D. p. punctatus) is found in the Coastal Plain and often has a broken neck ring and underside that is marked with a single row or black spots. The northern ringneck is also generally larger than the southern. Although usually grayish in coloration, both subspecies may range from nearly black to tan and both have smooth scales and round pupils. Females are larger and have proportionally shorter tails than males.
Range and Habitat: The ringneck snake is found throughout the eastern two thirds of the United States from southern Canada to Florida , across the desert southwest and along most of the Pacific coast. Ringneck snakes can be found in virtually any habitat but seem to prefer wooded areas. In the Piedmont and Coastal Plain ringnecks are particularly common in moist areas including river floodplains, moist hardwood forests, and wetland edges. In mountainous regions ringnecks are often found in more open habitats where they frequently take refuge under rocks.
Habits: Like other small woodland snakes in the Southeast, ringneck snakes spend most of their time underground or hidden under logs, rocks, leaf litter, or debris. Because of their abundance, ringnecks probably play an important ecological role as intermediate predators in community food webs, functioning as both predator and prey. Although they are completely harmless to humans, ringnecks have weak venom in their saliva which they use to subdue their prey, which include a variety of invertebrates, amphibians, lizards, and other small snakes. In many regions, salamanders and earthworms are particularly important prey. Ringneck snakes probably mate in the fall in our region, and females lay 2-7 eggs in the early summer. The young resemble adults.
if you live in the southeast region of the USA than its a ringneck snake
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In Virginia Beach what snake is black with a orange ring around its neck and an orange belly?
A ring snake non venomous or a red belly water snake but it don't have a ring
What kind of snake in Willamette valley Oregon black snake with bright orange underbelly and ring around neck?
Diadophis punctatus
What type of snakes are black and orange?
There are a few snakes that are orange and black. These snakes include the rat snake, rainbow snake, eastern corn snake and the eastern indigo snake.
What snake would be in the Midwest that was black and orange?
the gray banded king snake or corn snake
What kind of snake is this grayish black with orange band in neck?
mud snake
What kind of snake has a black top and reddish orange underbelly and white ring around neck?
A ring-necked snake, a small snake that eats invertebrates such as slugs and worms.
What kind of snake is a solid orange snake with a somewhat triangular head?
triangular head means venomous so stay away
What kind of snake is black with one row of yellow spots down its back?
The Speckled King snake is a black snake with yellow or orange spots speckled over it's body. Another black snake with yellow spots would be Baby Eastern Black King Snake. Both are completely black with yellow speckles.
What kind of snake is this the snake is brown green with dark spots on body the belly is black with a kinda orange marks?
cobra
What color is a poison of cobra?
They can be orange, black or green.
What type of snake is blackhas yellow and orange stripes and has a tan and red belly?
Although there are several snakes that fit this VERY general description, the most common are either a garter snake or a ribbon snake. Neither are poisonous and won't hurt you.
What color or colors is an vipor snake?
Black, yellow,brown, some are blue tan or orange
