Every Venomous Snake in Your State
Check out a full list of the most dangerous snakes potentially lurking in your backyard.
"Out of sight, out of mind" can be a good strategy to combat our biggest fears. But when it comes to a fear of snakes—despite snake bites being quite rare—it's best to be vigilant about where these slithery reptiles might be lurking. And that requires some knowledge of the dangerous snakes that reside near you. That's why antivenom brand CroFab put together a full list of the types of venomous snakes in each U.S. state. Read on to find out how many of these deadly creatures reside in your state, and which snake-heavy states you'll want to take extra caution in.
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Alabama
![Mountain Brook, Alabama](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/05/shutterstock_1865794384.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
Copperhead snakes are native to 28 states, along the East Coast (with the exception of New England) and in the Southeast and Midwest.
Alaska
![glaciers, lake, and tress in Chugach, Alaska](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/chugach-alaska.jpg)
Alaska is one of only four states with no native venomous snakes.
Arizona
![landscape photo of Phoenix, Arizona at sunset](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/phoenix-arizona-2.jpg)
- Arizona Black Rattlesnake
- Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
- Grand Canyon Rattlesnake
- Massasauga
- Mojave Rattlesnake
- Prairie Rattlesnake
- Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake
- Rock Rattlesnake
- Sidewinder
- Speckled Rattlesnake
- Tiger Rattlesnake
- Twin-Spotted Rattlesnake
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Of all U.S. states, Arizona has the highest number of native snake species.
Arkansas
![landscape photo of Little Rock, Arkansas at sunset](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/north-little-rock-arkansas.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Cottonmouth snakes are native to 17 states, mainly in the Southeast and Midwest.
California
![Beach in Northern California](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/04/beach1.jpg)
- Great Basin Rattlesnake
- Mojave Rattlesnake
- Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
- Panamint Rattlesnake
- Red Diamond Rattlesnake
- Sidewinder
- Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
- Speckled Rattlesnake
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
California has the third-highest number of native snake species of all the states.
Colorado
![Eldorado Springs, Colorado](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/05/shutterstock_664375366.jpg)
- Massasauga
- Midget Faded Wester Rattlesnake
- Mojave Rattlesnake
- Prairie Rattlesnake
With the exception of the four states that have no native snake species, all U.S. states have native rattlesnakes.
Connecticut
![Old Greenwich, Connecticut](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/05/shutterstock_20331601.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Timber Rattlesnake
Delaware
![Hockessin, Delaware](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/05/shutterstock_1832772880.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Timber Rattlesnake
Florida
![Florida Keys](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/04/keys.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
Georgia
![Georgia](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/ga.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Pygmy Rattlensnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
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Hawaii
![landscape photo of the coastline of Na Pali Coast and mountain in Kauai, Hawaii](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/kaui-hawaii.jpg)
There are no venomous snakes in Hawaii.
Idaho
![the Sawtooth Mountain Range and lake in Stanley, Idaho](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/stanleu-idaho.jpg)
- Prairie Rattlesnake
Illinois
![landscape photo of flowers and a field in Naperville, Illinois at sunset](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/naperville-illinois.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Massasauga
- Timber Rattlesnake
Indiana
![Landscape photo of Brown County State Park, Indiana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/brown-county-state-park-indiana.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Massasauga
- Timber Rattlesnake
Iowa
![waterloo iowa](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/spring-waterloo-iowa.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Massasauga
- Prairie Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
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Kansas
![field of wheat in central Kansas is nearly ready for harvest.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/kansas-countryside.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Massasauga
- Prairie Rattlesnake
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
Kentucky
![landscape photo of Frankfort, Kentucky at sunrise](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/frankfort-kentucky.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
Louisiana
![the cameron parish marshes Louisiana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/07/cameron-parish-louisiana.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
Maine
![Fox Den Cove Moosehead Lake](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/moosehead-lake-maine.jpg)
There are no venomous snakes in Maine.
Maryland
![the Great Falls of Potomac in Potomac, Maryland](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/potomac-maryland.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Timber Rattlesnake
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Massachusetts
![Waban Lake Park Massachusetts](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/05/shutterstock_513673891.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Timber Rattlesnake
Michigan
![windmill in holland michigan](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/06/holland-michigan-1.jpg)
- Massasauga
Minnesota
![Orange and green trees next to and a bridge over a lake in Duluth, Minnestoa](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/duluth-minnesota.jpg)
- Massasauga
- Timber Rattlesnake
Mississippi
![Madison, Mississippi](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/05/shutterstock_1111545788.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
Missouri
![pond in a garden with autumn trees in St. Louis, Missouri](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/st-louis-missouri.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Massasauga
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
Montana
![Montana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/montana.jpg)
- Prairie Rattlesnake
Nebraska
![national historic park, chimney rock, nebraska](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/04/chimney-rock-nebraska.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Massasauga
- Prairie Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
Nevada
![Southern Rocky Mountains and flowers in El Paso, Texas at sunrise](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/el-paso-nevada.jpg)
- Great Basin Rattlesnake
- Panamint Rattlesnake
- Prairie Rattlesnake
- Sidewinder
- Speckled Rattlesnake
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
New Hampshire
![Etna New Hampshire](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/05/shutterstock_151993256.jpg)
- Timber Rattlesnake
New Jersey
![pine barrens in new jersey](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/01/new-jersey-pine-barrens-1.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Timber Rattlesnake
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New Mexico
![The White Cliffs of Gallup in Gallup, New Mexico](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/03/gallup-new-mexico.jpg)
- Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
- Massasauga
- Prairie Rattlesnake
- Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake
- Rock Rattlesnake
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
New York
![field of flowers and tress and a lake in Fort Montgomery, New York](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/fort-montgomery-new-york.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Massasauga
- Timber Rattlesnake
North Carolina
![garden filled with flowers and trees in Raleigh, North Carolina](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/raleigh-north-carolina-2.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
North Dakota
![a butte and green trees at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/theodore-roosevelt-national-park-north-dakota.jpg)
- Prairie Rattlesnake
Ohio
![A Stone Stairway And Path Through A Forest Glen Helen Nature Preserve Yellow Springs Ohio](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/yellow-springs-ohio.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Massasauga
- Timber Rattlesnake
Oklahoma
![photo of rock formation, the Wedding Party, in the Black Mesa Area, Oklahoma](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/black-mesa-area-oklahoma.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Massasauga
- Prairie Rattlesnake
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Oregon
![glaciers, lake, and tress in Deschutes County, Oregon](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/deschutes-county-oregon.jpg)
- Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
- Prairie Rattlesnake
Pennsylvania
![kinzua bridge in kane pennsylvania destroyed during the 2003 tornado](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/kinzua-bridge-pennsylvania.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Massasauga
- Timber Rattlesnake
Rhode Island
![flowers and beach in Newport, Rhode Island](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/newport-rhode-island.jpg)
There are no venomous snakes in Rhode Island.
South Carolina
![landscape photo of a garden in Charleston, South Carolina](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/charleston-south-carolina.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
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South Dakota
![buffalo in custer state park, south dakota](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/buffalo-custer-state-park-south-dakota.jpg)
- Prairie Rattlesnake
Tennessee
![fall trees reflecting on the shoreline of Bay Mountain Lake Park in Kingsport, Tennessee](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/kingsport-tennessee.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
Texas
![landscape photo of Garner State Park, Texas](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/garner-stat-park-texas.jpg)
- Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Massasauga
- Mojave Rattlesnake
- Prairie Rattlesnake
- Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Rock Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Texas has the second-highest number of native snake species of all U.S. states.
Utah
![a field of pink, orange, and purple wildflowers and mountains in Alta, Utah](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/alta-utah.jpg)
- Great Basin Rattlesnake
- Midget Faded Western Rattlesnake
- Mojave Rattlesnake
- Prairie Rattlesnake
- Sidewinder
- Speckled Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
Vermont
![red farmhouses, orange trees, and rural land in Reading, Vermont at sunrise](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/reading-vermont.jpg)
- Timber Rattlesnake
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Virginia
![landscape photo of Buchanan, Virginia](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/bunchanan-virginia.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Timber Rattlesnake
Washington
![landscape photo of mountains and flowers at Mt. Rainier in Seattle, Washington](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/seattle-washington-1.jpg)
- Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
- Prairie Rattlesnake
West Virginia
![cranberry glades west virginia state natural wonders](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/cranberry-glades-west-virginia.jpg)
- Copperhead
- Timber Rattlesnake
Wisconsin
![sunflower field](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/06/sunflower-field-wisconsin.jpg)
- Massasauga
- Timber Rattlesnake
Wyoming
![sunset in the rural town of buffalo wyoming](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/buffalo-wyoming.jpg)
- Midget Faded Western Rattlesnake
- Prairie Rattlesnake