Look what I found! Can someone tell me what it is?

[ChrisS]

Looks like a brown aka dekay's snake.

That's exactly what it is, here is a link on them(in NC).
http://www.herpsofnc.org/herps_of_nc...k/Sto_dek.html

Great find I absolutely love those little guys.

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Turtle.

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x2 I agree

[angllady2]

Well, after some more searching, and it helped to know WHAT to search for, it is indeed a brown/dekay's snake. To be specific, I think it's a Northern Brown snake. An adult, from the description.

Judging from the information I found, it was most likely feeding on the slugs I found in the garden.

I am unsure about keeping it. He/she is cute as can be, but I don't know about legality and I'd have to really research care.

Gale

[John1982]

I'd put him back in the garden, he can be your natural plant guard against those pesky slugs.