


Brown snake or Garter snake???
Caught this guy half dead in my basement. Triangular shape of death & emaciated etc.
He's missing a significant part of his tail from some issue that happened previously. Seems to be healing ok as he's shedding & eating for us.
We've been feeding him worms which he readily takes. Cute little snake that's got a wonderful personality to deal with.
I'm a snake owner of blood python, ball python, rat snake, & a Water Cobra so I'm in the snake-keeping game for 2 decades + at this point.
I'm looking to keep this guy as I have my doubts he'll be ok in the wild with his tail missing, but I want to identity what species he's is.
I'm guessing he's a Dekay’s brownsnake or Garter snake? Can anybody definitively say what he is?
Any help & suggestions with keeping?