What kind of snake is this?

[Minkness]

Soooo....I'm from FL and have a dumb story....

Had a friend with an older brother when I was in middle school. Brother liked snakes and caught what he thought was a garter snake and kept it for a while. When I would go over to their house I would handle his BP and this 'garter snake'. Took a pic of it and posted it on a site...turned out it was a cotton mouth >_>

The ideocy of kids....but truely, that was a pretty laid back snake. Never even hissed or got too squirmy, and obviously never bit anyone. When their grandma found out what it really was, she about had a heart attack and made him let it go. We were all kinda sad lol