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How to Know if a Snake is Poisonous

Learning how to know if a snake is poisonous isn't hard. Learn about how to know if a snake is poisonous in this article.

The Ultimate Snake Quiz

Snakes can make you afraid and intrigued at the same time. Snakes have slithered over the Earth for more than 130 million years, frequently making appearances in famous narratives from the Bible to mythical stories. This unique animal can swallow animals whole and move across land without any limbs. Take this quiz and learn more about the mysterious snake.

Venomous Snakes

The fear of snakes, ophidiophobia, is one of the most widespread phobias in the world. There are many types of harmless snakes, but the venom from some poisonous varieties can kill a person

Adder

Adder, the name of several snakes, including many European vipers and harmless North American snakes.

Focus on Focus Earth: Snake Invaders

Invasive snakes in Florida are explained in this article. Learn about invasive snakes in Florida.

Anaconda

Anaconda, or Water Boa, a water snake of Central and tropical South America. Anacondas kill their prey - birds and small reptiles and mammals - by squeezing them until they suffocate, or by drowning them.

Asp

Asp, a name applied to several different species of poisonous snakes. The term is most commonly used to identify the Egyptian cobra and the horned viper, both of which are native to North Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia.

Black Snake

Black Snake, or Black Racer, a nonpoisonous snake native to the eastern United States.

Boa Constrictor

Boa Constrictor, a large American snake related to the anaconda. Boa constrictors reach a maximum length of more than 18 feet (5.5 m), although most are less than 15 feet (4.6 m) long.

Bushmaster

Bushmaster, a large poisonous snake found in the tropical parts of Central and South America.

Cobra

Cobra, the common name for a group of poisonous snakes of Africa and southern Asia.

Copperhead

Copperhead, a poisonous snake related to the rattlesnake and the water moccasin. It is named for the coppery-red color of its head.

Coral Snake

Coral Snake, a small poisonous snake of the Western Hemisphere. There are about 50 species.

Fer-De-Lance

Fer-de-lance, a venomous snake of Central and South America and the West Indies. The fer-de-lance is related to the pit viper and rattlesnake, but has no rattles.

Flying Snake

Flying Snake, a snake that lives in trees in southern Asia. Flying snakes can spread their ribs to flatten their thick bodies, and can then sail from branch to branch or from tree to ground to capture the lizards on which they feed.

Garter Snake

Garter Snake, a harmless snake found in the United States, southern Canada, and Mexico.

Hognose Snake

Hognose Snake, a nonpoisonous snake of North America that is harmless to humans. It is also called the puff adder because it flattens its head and neck, inflates its body with air, and hisses loudly when disturbed.

King Snake

King Snake, a member of a genus of North American snakes that prey on rattlesnakes, copperheads, and water moccasins, to whose poison they are immune.

Mamba

Mamba, a poisonous snake of tropical and southern Africa. It is related to the cobra, but, unlike the cobra, cannot expand its neck into a hood.

Milk Snake

Milk Snake, a nonpoisonous, useful species of king snake. The milk snake is found throughout the eastern United States and in southern Ontario.

Moccasin

Moccasin, a poisonous snake related to the copperhead and rattlesnake. It is found in swamps, lakes, and rivers in North America, Mexico, and South America.

Mud Snake

Mud Snake, or Hoop Snake, the name of two species of glossy, bright-colored, nonpoisonous snakes of the southeastern United States.

Pit Viper

Pit Viper, a poisonous snake with a deep pit on each side of the head, between the eye and the nostril.

Puff Adder

Puff Adder, the name of two unrelated snakes. One is a nonpoisonous North American species properly called the hognose snake.

Python

Python, a large, primitive snake of tropical Asia and Africa. Like the similar but unrelated boa constrictor of tropical America, the python has vestigial hind limbs that extend outside the body as a pair of short spurs.

Rattlesnake

Rattlesnake, a venomous snake having a rattle at the end of its tail. There are 42 species and subspecies of rattlesnakes.

Snake

Snake, a limbless reptile. There are about 2,500 species of snakes. Some inhabit the sea and others live in freshwater, but the majority live on land.

Viper

Viper, a poisonous snake. There are more than 180 species in the viper family; some are commonly called adders.

Water Snakes

Water Snakes, snakes that live chiefly in water. With the exception of the water moccasin, all water snakes in the United States are harmless to humans.

How to Identify the Pygmy Rattlesnake

If you are in the Southeastern United States, you should know how to identify a pygmy rattlesnake. Learn about how to identify the pygmy rattlesnake in this article.

How to Identify Garden Snakes

You can identify garden snakes, more commonly called garter snakes, by the three stripes on their backs that are reminiscent of garters. Learn about how to identify garden snakes in this article.

How to Breed Ring-neck Snakes

Learn how to breed ring-neck snakes and start a successful breeding business. Learn about how to breed a ring-neck snake in this article.

How to Scare Away Rattlesnakes

You may encounter a rattle snake lazing in its natural habitat and want to know how to scare it away. Learn about how to scare away rattlesnakes in this article.