The boys saw a snake on their way home from school so we went back to look at him and take pictures for a project Xavier is working on.    The boys told me it was a "garden snake", but I don't know anything about snakes, so I had no idea what it was.  We looked up snakes indigenous to Texas but didn't see anything that looked like our snake.  After more searching, we *think* he is an Opheodrys aestivalis (not sure about common name).  Here are the pics of Mr. ...