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Brown Water Snake (Nerodia taxispilota) Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus) Striped Crayfish Snake (Liodytes alleni) Glossy Crayfish Snake (Regina rigida) Queen snake (Regina septemvittata) Pine Woods Snake (Rhadinaea flavilata) Black Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea) Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi)
Georgia is home to about 47 species of snakes, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Snakes can be found from the mountains of north Georgia to the barrier islands along the ...
Threat: Coral snakes are very rare in Georgia. According to the Georgia DNR, Coral snakes “have a dangerously potent venom,” that can quickly paralyze a human or send them into cardiac arrest.
Snakes in the Peach State “can be found from the mountains of northern Georgia to the barrier islands along the Atlantic coast,” in urban and suburban areas alike. So, a human encounter with a ...
University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecological Laboratory, Animal Fact Sheets—accessed 1 June 2006; University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecological Laboratory, Reptiles and Amphibians of South Carolina and Georgia—accessed 1 June 2006; Wright, A.H., and A.A. Wright (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada.
The Florida cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti) is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae.The species is endemic to the United States, where it occurs in southern Georgia and the Florida peninsula in nearly every type of wetlands in the region, including brackish water and offshore islands.
The Florida banded water snake is endemic throughout Florida, South Carolina, southwestern and southeastern North Augusta, Beech Island, South West of Aiken County including areas running alongside Savannah River, Northern Georgia. In addition, it has been introduced to Brownsville, Texas.
Georgia was chosen since it is the second-most biodiverse U.S. state in terms of snakes, the study’s authors wrote. There are 45 snake species in Georgia, including the copperhead.