close enough

This guy was also found last week in the local park. A bit further upstream from the southern two lined salamander, I basically did all the work in finding this Queen Snake (Regina septemvittata). My buddy Cliff grabbed it I guess, but I did all the work by telling him to pick up the rock and the snake. I would have done it myself but he had such poor luck in finging his own herps. Quick facts: they are usually about 15 to 24 inches long, it is sometimes called the willow or leather snake, it's belly is yellow with four brown stripes and largely feed on softshell cray fish.