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Snakes of Central America (147 P) U. ... Pages in category "Snakes of North America" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 252 total.
Lists of snakes of the United States — lists of snake species that are native in U.S. states. Note: Articles on individual snakes should be listed in Category: Reptiles of the United States + Category: Snakes of North America + regional U.S. fauna categories .
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
Rattlesnakes are the leading contributor to snakebite injuries in North America, but rarely bite unless provoked or threatened; if treated promptly, the bites are seldom fatal. The 36 known species of rattlesnakes have between 65 and 70 subspecies, [3] all native to the Americas, ranging from central Argentina to southern Canada.
Of the 6 venomous snake species native to N.C., 3 are rattlesnakes – pigmy, timber & Eastern diamondback. Each one is protected by the North Carolina Endangered Species Act.
The common watersnake is found throughout eastern and central North America, from southern Ontario and southern Quebec in the north, to Texas and Florida in the south. The northern watersnake ( Nerodia s. sipedon ) naturally occurs as far west as Colorado , east of the Rocky Mountains , and is commonly found in riparian ecosystems along river ...
“In North Carolina, cottonmouths are predominantly found in the Coastal Plain and on some parts of the Outer Banks. In a few places, they are the most abundant snake species.
The Timber rattlesnake, (Crotalus horridus), [192] is a species of venomous pit viper endemic to eastern North America. This is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous northeastern United States and is second only to its cousins to the west, the prairie rattlesnake, as the most northerly distributed venomous snake in North America.