Found baby snake in front yard while raking leaves, can you ID what kind of snake ?

[Oz_TCH]

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/46420884_10156817615849596_3483907608853610496_n.j pg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=6264d2a24a52dbadc589ea950fc40f98&oe=5C69215F

[vintagebob]

Check this list?

Virginia Archives - What Snake Is That (http://www.whatsnakeisthat.com/category/region/northeast/virginia/)

[FUNX650]

From the way the eyes appear in the
photo (roundish)...Doesn’t quite look
like it’s a young timber rattler. Perhaps
it’s a juvenile rat snake?

:dunno: for sure.


Bob

[custmsprty]

Dekay’s Brown Snake

[gspam1]

Does it taste like chicken?

I still have a long set of snake tongs from my time in Arizona. Anything on my property, if it didn't rattle, I left it alone. If it rattled, I would drop it in a 5 gallon bucket and call the local snake club to relocate it. People in other states with poisonous snakes that don't have the decency to rattle for you, well, I would just move.

[dlc95]

The size, texture, and head shape look a lot like a garter snake.

[chet31]

Dekay’s Brown Snake

Agreed.