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Southern ringneck snake, Diadophis p. punctatus Diadophis punctatus , commonly known as the ring-necked snake or ringneck snake , is a rather small, harmless species of colubrid snake found throughout much of the United States, as well as south in Central Mexico and as far north as Quebec, Canada .
This snake has a blunt head, a tiny mouth, and small eyes. Anteriorly the dorsal scales are usually in 17 rows (other eastern subspecies have 15 rows). [ 4 ] A mature prairie ringneck grows to about 25–36 cm (9.8–14.2 in) in total length (including tail), record 42 cm ( 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 in).
Like D. p. punctatus, the Mississippi ringneck snake characteristically attains a maximum length of 44.5 centimetres (17.5 in). The head is black and the body dark gray, separated by a golden ring at the neck.
It was when the 13-foot, 9-inch snake lunged to bite that he got a grip on her head and pulled the snake from the nest. Multiple egg “squirted out” during the capture, the video shows.
This was in my friend’s fridge yesterday. To make it worse her son was bitten by a venomous snake when he was just 6 years old so this was extremely traumatic for her.
Ringneck snakes are nocturnal, secretive snakes which spend most of their time hiding under rocks or other ground debris.If threatened, the ringneck snake typically hides its head and twists its tail in a corkscrew type motion, exposing its brightly colored underside, and expels a foul smelling musk from its cloaca.
The two-headed snake had a successful surgery in St. Louis on March 11 and has been “doing well” in recovery, officials said. Tiger-Lily was discovered in 2017 by a southwest Missouri family ...
The eggs hatch after about two months, and the young look essentially the same as the adults, possibly with a brighter color shade on the ring and belly. The eggs are 21–34 mm ( 3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long by 7–8 mm ( 1 ⁄ 4 – 1 ⁄ 4 in) wide, and the hatchlings are 100–125 mm (3.9–4.9 in) in total length. [ 9 ]