ringneck snake

ring·neck snake (rngnk) also ring-necked snake

n.

Any of several small nonvenomous snakes of the genus Diadophis, having a bright reddish or yellowish underside and a yellow or orange ring around the neck, widespread in the Unites States and Central America.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ringneck snake - any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck ring-necked snake, ring snake colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes Diadophis, genus Diadophis - a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes