The Buttermilk racer in the picture is native to Louisiana, with small populations spilling over the borders to Arkansas and Texas. Two subspecies of Yellow-bellied racers are recognized. The Eastern Yellow-bel
When frightened, this snake freezes instead of escaping, increasing its chances of being stepped on, which in turn makes it more likely to get a snakebite. Can you identify it? Copperhead snake Timber rattlesnake Eastern coral snake Black diamond rattlesnake R. Andrew Odum / Photodisc /...
•Agkistrodonpiscivorus•CousintotheCopperhead•AquaticAnimal•Cotton-likeapperanceinmouth(bottompicture)•Feedsonfishandamphibians.•InhabitsswampyregionsofsoutheasternU.S.andpartsofIllinois,Kansas,Oklahoma,andTexas.•Highlyaggressivesnake BackToList BlackMamba •Dendroaspispolylepis•Venomextremelypotent...
On this website, you can find an overview and description of the most common snakes found in each state of the USA. If you encounter a snake that you cannot identify yourself, you can upload a picture and the location where you found you snake on ourSnake Identification Page. We will be...
Look for red, black and yellow or white banding around the snake's body to identify a coral snake, a highly venomous snake in North America. Several snakes have similar markings, but coral snakes have red bands sandwiched between yellow or white bands. ...
(Stratagene, Cedar Creek, Texas, USA). Individual clones were rescued from randomly selected white plaques and grown in Luria broth + ampicillin medium. Plasmids were purified using the QIAprep spin miniprep kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany). Purified plasmids were sequenced by cycle sequencing ...