Possibly a garter snake, less likely but possibly a Florida red-bellied snake. The red-bellied snakes live more northerly than the Villages, from northern Florida to southern Georgia, and don't usually come out in the daytime. They also don't grow very big so if it was 12 inches or longer it would've been an adult. Garter snakes also don't grow very large. Neither of these two are poisonous or aggressive.
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