Ring-necked Snake vs. Red-bellied Snake

Both are small, found under the same rocks and logs, and both have a bright belly. A Ring-necked Snake is plain slate-grey or black and glossy, with a bright yellow or orange ring right around the neck and a yellow to orange belly. A Red-bellied Snake is brown, grey or black and dull, with keeled scales; it has three small pale spots on the nape — sometimes run together into a collar, but never a bright ring — and a red or orange belly.

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