Snakes
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Related Topics: Snakes, Species Identification
Related Topics: Biting and Stinging Organisms, Snakes
Publications
"Black Snakes": Identification and Ecology
Snakes of the Everglades Agricultural Area
Venomous Snakes and Lizards of New Mexico
Related IFAS Blog Posts
2024 Snake Watch 2nd Quarter Update
Rick O'ConnorJuly 17th, 2024In 2022 Escambia County Extension began the Snake Watch Project. The objective of this project was to log which snakes people encounter when they are out and about, where they encountered them, and what time of year. The purpose of this was to help educate new residents to the area what they most likely will […]
Weekly “What is it?”: Rat snakes
carriestevensonJune 20th, 2024It’s warm here in northwest Florida, which means our cold-blooded reptile friends are on the move. In the last few weeks, I’ve seen a snake at work, one at home, and received snake photos from my neighbors’ and parents’ yards. A fear of snakes seems to be both innate and passed down from one generation […]
Wild Sarasota: Venomous Snakes Part 2
Zahir Ringgold CordesJune 13th, 2024Snakes are an integral part of Florida’s healthy, well-functioning ecosystems. They help balance populations of rodents and other small mammals, reptiles, insects, and amphibians. Some snakes even eat other snakes, as well as some of our non-native and invasive animal species too! Whether venomous or non-venomous, these serpents have also come to be the source […]
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