What am I?

Bad picture but I was wondering if anyone can identify this snake.

Found in Texas.

http://i41.tinypic.com/148k9d5.jpg

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Looks Like Black Necked Garter Snake... but Kill me if i know id that is Western or Eastern Sub specie

edit after Consulting With My Trusted book: Snake of United States and Canada.... look like we definitely have Eastern Black-necked Garter Snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus) here :gj:

That is a Texas Garter Snake.
AKA Thamnophis sirtalis annectens.

A sub-species of the Common Garter Snake.
Edit: Okay I bow to experience then, it could be ocellatus. The Texas Garters can be variable in appearance a bit so didn't dig too deeply.

Thanks :) my mom was freaking out if it was venomous. I knew it wasnt. I just didnt know exactly what it was.

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Originally Posted by Raven01

That is a Texas Garter Snake.
AKA Thamnophis sirtalis annectens.

A sub-species of the Common Garter Snake.

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I will Disagree

This is definitely Eastern Black-necked Garter Snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus)

Most definitely an Eastern black-necked. :) Texas garters have nowhere near the patterning on this little one.