They can be "mildly" venomous to humans but they have to "chew" on you to grind their venomous saliva into your skin. They don't have fangs like pit vipers and even if they managed to envenomate you, it's not on the level of other venomous snakes. So they are fairly harmless to humans. Here's a bit about them if you'd like to read up. http://snake-facts.weebly.com/ringneck-snake.html
Tried biting me, but his teeth were not large enough to pierce my leathery skin.
Haha, this cracked me up. I'm also a member of the leathery skin club.
They can be "mildly" venomous to humans but they have to "chew" on you to grind their venomous saliva into your skin. They don't have fangs like pit vipers and even if they managed to envenomate you, it's not on the level of other venomous snakes. So they are fairly harmless to humans. Here's a bit about them if you'd like to read up. http://snake-facts.weebly.com/ringneck-snake.html