Storeria dekayi (De Kay’s brown snake)
De Kay’s brown snake, or brown snake, Storeria dekayi. We found him (or her) basking on a paved bike path at Kankakee River State Park. Although he looks ferocious and intimidating and snapped at me, he was real small, about a foot long, and is not venomous. What a precious little smiling face. He looks …