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It has been estimated that 7,000–8,000 people per year receive venomous snake bites in the United States, and about five of those people die. [5] Though most fatal bites are attributed to rattlesnakes, the copperhead accounts for more snakebite incidents than any other venomous North American species. Rattlesnake bites, by comparison, are ...
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.
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.
The Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake causes more deaths in North America than any other species — even though the Mojave rattlesnake and coral snakes’ venom are more toxic. Its venom is highly ...
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 Centers for Disease Control reports that 7,000 to 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each yet. ... North Carolina has the highest number of snake bites a year with ...
Of the 120 known indigenous snake species in North America, only 20 are venomous to human beings, all belonging to the families Viperidae and Elapidae. [2] However, in the United States, every state except Maine, Alaska, and Hawaii is home to at least one of 20 venomous snake species. [2]
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).