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Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake: West Virginia — Rev. Williams, of Columbus, Ohio, was bitten while handling a snake during a religious service in Switzer, on April 4, 1974. [91] October 28, 1973 Shirley Wagers, 72, male: Rattlesnake: Kentucky — Wagers was bitten by a rattlesnake during a religious service in the Pentecostal Holiness Church ...
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).
Up to 95% of all snakebite-related deaths in the United States are attributed to the western and eastern diamondback rattlesnakes. [2] [47] Further, the majority of bites in the United States occur in the southwestern part of the country, in part because rattlesnake populations in the eastern states are much lower. [48]
An Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake in a defensive posture ready to strike with its rattle next to its head. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the most venomous snake in North America and the ...
Other venomous snakes in South Carolina include the Coral Snake, Pigmy Rattlesnake and Timber Rattlesnake. This adult female eastern coral snake was found in Carolina Beach State Park in May 2013 ...
There are 20 species of dangerous snakes in the US and one state has 19 of them. ... South Carolina is home to three types of rattlesnake — Eastern diamondback, ... The last death in Arizona was ...
All 39 snake taxa [1] that are known to naturally occur in Indiana [2] [3] are tabulated below, along with their population ranges in the state, [4] [5] conservation status, [6] [7] and level of danger they pose to humans (upon biting them).
On Oct. 28, 2017, a 5-foot-long, 6-pound male eastern diamondback rattlesnake was found dead on a road on Hilton Head Island. It had been run over by a car.