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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.
Cottonmouths are one of the six venomous snakes found in North Carolina. Though it’s unusual to see a cottonmouth in the Triangle, you should still know how to identify it and stay safe from a bite.
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This is a list of reptile species and subspecies found in North Carolina, based mainly on checklists from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. [1] [2] Common and scientific names are according to the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles publications. [3] [4] [5] (I) - Introduced [1] [2] (V) - Venomous snake [6]
Katherine McHale Slaughterback was born on July 25, 1893 (or 1894 [1]) in a log cabin near Longmont, Colorado. Slaughterback attended nursing school at St. Joseph's School of Nursing [1] and moved to Hudson, Colorado. [2] She was a skilled taxidermist and frequently wore pants instead of dresses, which was unusual for women of her era. [3]
Worm snakes are fossorial snakes, and spend the vast majority of their time buried in loose, rocky soil, or under forest leaf litter. They predominantly reside in cool, moist soils next to streams, hilly woodlands, pine forest stands, partially grassy woodsides, and farmland bordering woodlands. [ 3 ]
Snakes across North Carolina hibernate individually in holes in the ground, Hall said. Very few species can make their own holes, so they often find stump holes and rodent burrows to spend much of ...