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Although at least one species of venomous snake is found in every state except Hawaii, Maine, and Alaska. 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]
Leptotyphlops dulcis—blind snake; Liodytes rigida — glossy water snake; Masticophis flagellum—coachwhip snake; Nerodia erythrogaster—plain-bellied water snake; N. fasciata—banded water snake; N. rhombifera—diamond-back water snake [1] N. sipedon—northern and midland water snake; Opheodrys aestivus—keeled green or rough green 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.
Oklahoma was a terrestrial environment for most of the ensuing Mesozoic era. [3] The Late Triassic Dockum Group of western Oklahoma preserved remains of archosaurs and temnospondyls, although its fossil record is restricted to a narrow region of the panhandle and is far sparser than the equivalent records in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. [98]
The Minidoka Project contributed to the settlement of the Snake River Plain and river valley, converting semi-arid land to productive farmland. Population rose from a few thousand people in 1915 to more than 200,000 by the 1980s. [2] During the 1930s the project used labor provided by the Civilian Conservation Corps to construct canals.
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Early settlers were afraid of the snake, as its population was widespread throughout the state. The town of Westborough paid 13 men two shillings per day to rid a local hill of snakes in 1680. The hill had so many rattlesnakes, it was named "Boston Hill" because the number of snakes killed rivaled the population of the young city of Boston. [66]