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Do you find a snake in your backyard in Texas and want to identify it? Here are 45 common snakes you may encounter in Texas.
Texas snakes identification guide. List of snakes in Texas, including rattlesnakes, water snakes, cottonmouth, indigo snake and more.
Learn the types of SNAKES in Texas, AND how to identify them by sight. How many of these species have YOU seen?
There are 10 species of rattlesnakes in Texas. The Western diamondback (Crotalus atrox), has brown, diamond-shaped markings along the middle of the back and alternating black and white rings on the tail. Averages 3 1/2 to 4-1/2 feet in length, and can reach seven feet.
There are approximately 115 species of snakes that are native to Texas. We’ve compiled a list of 33 of the most common species of snake that Texas has to offer. After all, with such a vast landscape, it’s expected to have quite the variety.
Over 115 species and subspecies of snakes call Texas home, and only 15% of them are venomous. Correctly identifying a snake can help you avoid a potentially dangerous situation and safely co-exist with these amazing wild animals. This guide will help you navigate Texas’s diverse snake population.
Most snakes in Texas are not harmful to humans. In fact, snakes benefit people by eating rodents and insects, thus providing free, all-natural pest control. However, some snakes are venomous, meaning that their bite can cause severe injury or death if untreated.
Texas is also home to the western diamondback rattlesnake and the timber rattlesnake, both of which are deadly. We’ll be looking at Texas’s most venomous snake species. We’ll discuss each snake’s preferred habitat and appearance, so that you can easily recognize them in the wild.
Everywhere you look in Texas, there’s a bunch of snakes, including about one dozen venomous snakes from all four venomous snake categories, coral snakes, copperheads, cotton mouths and rattlesnakes. Rather than presenting a book style presentation of all the Texas snakes, this brief overview presents the Texas Gartersnakes.
Venomous Texas Snakes. The State of Texas is home to 15 potentially dangerous snake species or subspecies. Despite this, each year, there have been more deaths in Texas attributed to lightning strikes than to venomous snakebites.