New baby ribbon

[Doug 351]

Out at my pond the other day, I saw about an inch and a half of tail slithering into the rocks and vegetation and thought it was possibly a ribbon....I went after it digging in the vegetation and moving rocks but never coming across anything.

The next day , while pulling weeds I spotted him trying to make his way back to the pond...(very quickly, lol) but he was next to a stone wall on a stone path so...he was limited in where he could go. Even though he was weaving through a pile of pulled weeds, I managed to grab it.

I think it's red-striped ribbon. It's a little baby with a big attitude as he likes to strike and try his best to chew on my fingers! !!

It's not the best pic...but the little circle under him is a quarter for scale.