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L. triangulum—milk snake; Leptotyphlops dulcis—blind snake; Liodytes rigida — glossy water snake; Masticophis flagellum—coachwhip snake; Nerodia erythrogaster—yellow-bellied and blotched water snake; N. fasciata—broad-banded water snake; N. rhombifera—diamond-back water snake [1] N. sipedon—northern and midland water snake
Call the Oklahoma Center for Poison & Drug Information at 800-222-1222. In case of chest pain, difficulty breathing, face swelling or the loss of consciousness after a snakebite, call 911 immediately.
Found in the eastern and central portions of Oklahoma, the venomous copperhead snake plays an important role in controlling to rodent and vermin populations, according to the wildlife department.
The United States has about 30 species of venomous snakes, which include 23 species of rattlesnakes, three species of coral snakes, and four species of American moccasins. Although at least one species of venomous snake is found in every state except Hawaii, Maine, Rhode Island and Alaska, the vast majority are found in warm weather states.
The eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), [3] also known simply as the copperhead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to eastern North America; it is a member of the subfamily Crotalinae in the family Viperidae.
Agkistrodon laticinctus, commonly known as the broad-banded copperhead, is a venomous pit viper species, [2] formerly considered a subspecies [3] of Agkistrodon contortrix, which is found in the central United States, from Kansas, through Oklahoma and throughout central Texas.
Milk snakes can be found from the southeastern extreme of Ontario, Canada, from southeastern Maine and all the states of the Eastern Seaboard, south to Florida, Alabama, Mississippi; in the midwest, from central Minnesota to Colorado, Nebraska, and the Dakotas; they are found in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains; Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and ...
Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous, with a very toxic bite. [7] C. horridus is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous Northeastern United States and is second only to its relatives to the west, the prairie rattlesnake, as the most northerly distributed venomous snake in North America. [8] [9] No subspecies are currently ...