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Toggle Venomous subsection. 2.1 Pit Vipers (Crotalinae) 2.2 Elapid (Elapidae) ... This list of snakes of Florida includes all snakes in the U.S. state of Florida.
South Florida swamp snake, Liodytes pygaea cyclas (Dowling, 1950) Carolina swamp snake, Liodytes pygaea paludis (Dowling, 1950) North Florida swamp snake, Liodytes pygaea pygaea (Cope, 1871) Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Liodytes.
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.
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Venomous snakes found tangled in a vicious ‘fight to the death,’ Australia video shows. Invasive pythons hide a parasite that has spread to Florida’s native snakes, lab says.
Eating a southern leopard frog. The southern black racer is a predator that relies on lizards, insects, moles, birds, eggs, small snakes, rodents, and frogs. Despite its specific name constrictor (scientific name: Coluber constrictor), the racer is more likely to suffocate or crush its victim into the ground, rather than coiling around it in typical constrictor fashion.
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 ...
Brown water snakes are native to the southeast and found everywhere in Florida but the Keys, experts say. They can grow to about 4.5 feet and have amazing climbing abilities, the institute says.