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Washington is also home to three species of garter snakes, some of the most common snakes across the state. Garter snakes can bite or strike humans if they feel threatened.
Roughly 7,000–8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes each year in the United States, and about five of those people die. [4] Though most fatal bites are attributed to rattlesnakes, the copperhead accounts for more snakebites than any other venomous North American species. Rattlesnake bites are roughly four times as likely to result in ...
Common garter snake: Thamnophis sirtalis: Least concern: Nonvenomous; adults reach up to 137.2 centimetres (54.0 in) [2] Bull snake (Great Basin gopher snake) Pituophis catenifer deserticola: Least concern: Nonvenomous, but can be aggressive; adults reach 180 centimetres (71 in). [2] Gopher snake (Pacific gopher snake) Pituophis catenifer ...
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake at the Saint Louis Zoo Detail of rattle. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest rattlesnake species and is one of the heaviest known species of venomous snake, with one specimen shot in 1946 measuring 2.4 m (7.8 ft) in length and weighing 15.4 kg (34 lb).
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Nearly 200 snakes, representing 24 species that are among the “most dangerous in the world,” were bought and sold as part of an undercover illegal wildlife trafficking investigation in Florida ...
The Puget Sound garter snake, (Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii) is a subspecies of the common garter snake. It is a snake indigenous to the Puget Sound. Most garter snakes have a pattern of yellow stripes on a brown background and their average length is about 1 metre (3.3 ft) to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). The common garter snake is a diurnal snake ...
Southern Copperhead. The Copperhead is the Palmetto State’s most common venomous snake. They can be widely found throughout the state and can reach a length of 4 feet.