As summer approaches in the Natural State, many Arkansans will take to hiking trails, campgrounds, lakes, rivers and favorite ...

Copperhead snake sightings are on the rise as people spend more time outdoors. Know what to look for in Mississippi, how to ...

Of the 32 snake species in Tennessee, only four are venomous: copperhead, cottonmouth, timber rattlesnake, and pygmy rattlesnake. Copperhead bites are the most common venomous snake bites in Tennessee ...

Those four snakes are the copperhead, cottonmouth, timber rattlesnake and pygmy rattlesnake ... “water moccasin” is found mainly in the western part of the state, getting its name from ...

Generally these snakes are found in the diverse habitats – from deserts to forested regions. Thirdly Oklahoma hosts three rattlesnake species: the Prairie/Western, Western massasauga, and Western ...

A western diamondback rattlesnake coiled up in the dunes on Padre Island ... They slither through these networks of root systems that function as a series of tunnels. Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake – ...

Western Cottonmouth and Northern Cottonmouth along with the Dusky and Western variations of Pygmy Rattlesnakes. According to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks ...

In stark contrast to the timber rattlesnake, the pygmy is only found in the western reaches of Tennessee. Despite its neighboring rattler’s preference for wooded, mountainous terrain ...

and the eastern and western diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus and Crotalus atrox). Sistrurus – This genus comprises 3 species, such as the massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) and pygmy ...

Male mountain lions average seven feet long and weigh around 140 pounds, while females average six feet in length with a body weight around 95 pounds. The western pygmy rattlesnake wears a tiny rattle ...

The venomous species of snakes in Kentucky are the copperhead, western cottonmouth, timber rattlesnake, and western pygmy rattlesnake. The cottonmouth remains the only venomous water snake that ...

timber rattlesnake and the western pygmy rattlesnake — occur in portions of eastern Oklahoma. "They always get it on the snout," Aaron Goodwin, lead zookeeper with the Tulsa Zoo's reptile ...