Connecticut is home to a variety of snakes, including the common garter snake, ribbonsnake, ratsnake, watersnake, and our new friend, the black racer.

Connecticut’s copperhead population is low but stable. Here’s what snake experts said on recognizing them and leaving them alone.

WTNH Hartford. Yes, there are venomous snakes in Connecticut. Posted: June 23, 2024 | Last updated: October 30, 2024. The recent case of a dog bitten by a poisonous copperhead snake at Sleeping ...

These two venomous snakes, along with the other 12 Connecticut snake species, will only bite if threatened or handled. If left alone, snakes pose no threat to people.

SNAKE-HUNTING IN CONNECTICUT. Share full article. Aug. 20, 1883. ... NORWICH, Aug. 19.--Next to rattlesnakes copperheads, or red snakes, are the most venomous vipers in New-England.

Police remove “highly venomous” snake from Florida home 00:49. A dog was receiving medical treatment after being rescued from a precarious hiking trail in Connecticut, where last week he ...

A Connecticut man is fighting for his life in a coma after he was bit by a rare rattlesnake he was trying to help.. Joseph Ricciardella, a 45-year-old father of four, called his former girlfriend ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The recent case of a dog bitten by a poisonous copperhead snake at Sleeping Giant State Park has people wondering what kind of snakes are in Connecticut.