Identifying possible ribbon or garter

[phillycyclocross]

Not too many possibilities. Eastern garter, ribbon, red bellied (very small) or northern brown snake (dakayi). I'm still thinking that the 2 stripes was an illusion / misperception. The latter 2 are very small but have a wide stripe that sometimes looks like 2 parallel stripes.

It's a distinct possibility. Even if I did see it wrong do ribbons have bold orange stripes?

[the_edsta]

Did you look at the pics we posted? Those are what ribbon snakes typically look like (the one I posted was the orang-est pic I could find). The stripes are 'bold' (though that is qualitative anyways) and the color is typically yellow, though I'm sure there is some variation as there is with most species. At any rate, I'd side with what is common and geographically possible over the scant reliability of briefly seeing some snake flee for cover.

[ConcinusMan]

It's a distinct possibility. Even if I did see it wrong do ribbons have bold orange stripes?

Definitely, but so do many other garters.

[phillycyclocross]

Definitely, but so do many other garters.

Thanks, I appreciate the help. I will just have to go back and find it to satisfy my curiosity.