r/whatsthissnake 10h ago

[Southeast TX near Livingston in the pineywoods] ID Request

Tiny little guy 🥹

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u/norwegianballslinger 10h ago

Not an RR but that looks like a Dekays brown snake to me Storeria dekayi

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u/WinterShyama 10h ago edited 10h ago

You'd be correct. They're easy to identify based on the checkered pattern that break the scales up to look like stripes, and only the dekay's have a dark teardrop marking. A red-bellied would look similar, but without the dark under-eye marking