Found this sitting in the driveway, unfortunately dead:
It's a Monterey (?)
Ring-Necked Snake. As you can see it's barely the length of a brick. It has a sort of
nacreous sheen. Never seen one before.
It's vaguely venomous and preys on bugs, slugs, worms, and atoms.
I suspect it was run over. Though incidentally, this was also found sitting in the driveway, unfortunately dead critically retarded alive:
Would've eaten it if he were the culprit, however. He
ate an entire rabbit a couple months ago.