One of the students also found this tiny brown snake curled up on the ground during the March Arboretum hike. It was too cold to move at first, but the warmth of the child's hand soon invigorated the snake and it crawled away into the leaves.
This is one of my favorite snakes! We found this adorable little hatchling on a warm spring day while hiking along the Mead's Quarry Trail at Ijams Nature Center. It did try to bite Kenny while he held it, but it couldn't do much damage with such a tiny mouth! Ringneck snakes grow to an average of about 12". They typically eat slugs, small salamanders, snakes and lizards, and earthworms.
This Corn Snake was warming itself on a trail above Mead's Quarry at Ijams. The patterns on its skin were beautiful. (Yes, I did have to get on the ground near the snake to get this photo!)
