Eastern diamondback rattlesnakeCrotalus adamanteus Description: Dark brown or black, outlined by a row of cream or yellowish scales. Ground color is olive to brown. Characteristics: The largest venomous snake in the United States. Large snakes can have fangs that measure 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) in a straight line. This species has a sullen disposition, ready…
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All about the Cottonmouth snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treat a Water Moccasin bite.
Also known as water moccasin, swamp moccasin or black moccasin. Cottonmouth snake colors are highly variable. Adults are uniformly olive brown or black with a distinctive white or yellowish-white mouth (which they display when threatened). The young and subadults are strongly crossbanded with dark brown, sometimes even copper colored.
Coral snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Bushmaster snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
American copperhead snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
How to identify and avoid poisonous snakes and lizards
Regarding snakes, you should know their habits, how to identify the dangerous kinds, precautions to take to prevent snakebite, and what actions to take in case of snakebite.