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The Carolina Pigmy Rattlesnake can be found in the southern portion of the state, and its northern range isn’t much farther north of Beaufort County on the coast, Bischof said.
This is a list of reptile species and subspecies found in North Carolina, based mainly on checklists from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. [1] [2] Common and scientific names are according to the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles publications. [3] [4] [5] (I) - Introduced [1] [2] (V) - Venomous snake [6]
Habitat: One of the two snakes on this list found in Western North Carolina, timber rattlesnakes are found in the western, south central and eastern parts of the state.
R. flavilata is found in scattered localities in coastal North Carolina and South Carolina, most of peninsular Florida, and small portions of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The pine snake inhabits pine and mixed-pine hardwood forests. They can be found in damp woodlands, under bark and in rotten logs and stumps. [9]
The Museum of Coastal Carolina is a natural history museum located at Ocean Isle Beach in Brunswick County, North Carolina. [1] Animal exhibits include an aquarium and a touch tank with live sea animals, shells, fossils, insects, a display about sharks, live snakes, bird dioramas and an ocean reef diorama that includes life-sized models of whales, sharks, sea turtles and rays. [2]
What kinds of snakes are in North Carolina? There are three “families” of snakes found in North Carolina , which adds up to 37 different snake species. Of those 37 species, six are venomous.
According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land. [1] [2] North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 551 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, or villages. [3]
According to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, female copperheads can have one litter per year, and the litters can range from 2 to 18 snakes, which are 8 to 10 inches long when born.