Snakes In Your Area Poll

[Oz_Ag]

With the warmer weather coming and snake season upon us, I want to try something. I want to poll the TBH family and try to make a good database of the most common snakes in certain areas of the state. People are always asking for ID help and I think this could help out. PLus I love snakes and learning about them.

So I'm asking you to list all the snakes you have seen at one particular location (your home, lease or property) and put them in order of most commonly seen.

Here's mine:

Land type: Property
City: Sheridan, TX
County: Colorado
1. Texas Ratsnake
2. Common Gartersnake
3. Copperhead
4. Eastern Hog-nosed
5. Cottonmouth
6. Texas Brownsnake

[oktx]

Wise County.

Rat Snake
Copperhead
Velvet Tail Rattlesnake


All in my yard.

[mudcatz71]

Water snake rattlesnake rat snake! Some years the order flip flops and a different snake shows up, but if I hear SSssNaaaaaakkke it's most always one of those!

[NAVY CHIEF]

Common watersnake, rat snake, rattlesnake, granger lake area. Rarely do I see cotton mouths or copperheads. Can count on one hand these last two in twenty years..but these two are camoed up pretty good unless they are in the road.

[snappertapper]

Harris County

1. Diamondback water snake
2. Blotched water snake
3. Broad-banded water snake
4. Common garter snake
5. Earth snake

[rbsears]

diamondback king coachwhip. no water around here

[coldgas]

Hemphill county

Garter snakes
Bull
Racers
Prairie rattlers
Rough earth snakes

Im sure there are others but but these are the snakes I regularly. I see more ribbon/garter snakes and racers than anything.

[npe001]

Harris County - That I have seen

Hog Nose
Copper Head (caught one about a month ago)
Cotton Mouth
what looked like some sort of King Snake
Eastern rat snake
Earth Snake is the most common

[Stan R]

Madison County

Owned the place for almost 4 years and out there 3 days a week.

I have seen 1 copperhead, several garter snakes, 1 water snake no cottonmouth.

My neighbors dog kills copperheads all the time.

[SwampRabbit]

Harris county Tomball/Cypress area:

In our ponds and near timber areas I have seen

Water moccasin
Copperheads

Seen other snakes in the grass, but have no clue what they are... dead, dead is what they are

[Patton]

Caldwell County-
Cottonmouth
Diamondback and Banded water snakes
Copperhead
Rat Snake
And most recently a rattler

[SouthTX1911]

Magnolia, Montgomery County.
Found all of these over the last ten years at the ranch.
Timber Rattler
Copperhead
Moccasin
Coral
Banded/Diamondback Watersnakes
Buttermilk Racer
Eastern rat
Ribbon
Mud snake
Texas Brown
Garter
Hognose

[xman59]

hardin county,

copperhead,
water moccasin
banded water snake
spotted king snake
green and brown grass snake
rat snake
coral and banded king snake

[boh347]

In midland my last years encounters were only rattlesnakes and maybe a couple of bull snakes.

[meltingfeather]

Travis County

garter
grass
moccasins
coral