Snakes - Herpatology sites to identify snakes

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Not every state has snakes and some, such as Florida and Texas have lots! Here are some sites that provide photos and help identifying the snakes you may see in your garden or while on vacation. This list of resources should cover just about any snake you see in nature.

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory - Herpetology Program
General http://srelherp.uga.edu/
Snakes http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/index.htm

Florida snakes
Florida Museum of Natural History
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-guide/snakekey.htm


Snakes of the American Southwest
Southwestern Center for Herpatological Research
 http://www.southwesternherp.com/snakes/index.html

Arkansas Herpetological Society

Snakes
http://herpsofarkansas.com/Snake/HomePage


California Herpes
California Snakes
http://www.californiaherps.com/allsnakes.html

Colorado Herpatological Society
Colorado Snakes
http://www.coloherps.org/reference/sort_snakes.htm

Delaware
Snakes of the Coastal Plains of Delaware
http://www.coastalplainsreptiles.com/snklstDE.htm

Georgia 43 species
Georgia Dept of Natural Resources.
http://www.georgiawildlife.com/node/1726

Idaho Snakes
Idaho State University
http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/reptile/main/serpid.htm

Indiana - Purdue University

http://www3.ag.purdue.edu/entm/wildlifehotline/pages/snakes.aspx


Kentucky 
Snakes of Western Kentucky
http://www.kcma.net/snakes/
University of KY
http://www.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/kysnakes/

Louisiana Department of Wildlife
http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/resource/snakes-louisiana

Maryland Department of Natural Resources
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/Plants_Wildlife/herps/reptiles.asp

Snakes of Massachusetts
U Mass Amherst
http://masnakes.org/

Missouri
Snakes of Missouri from the Missouri Department of Conservation
http://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/resources/2010/05/5187_3026.pdf

New York
State University of New York College of Evironmental Science and Forestry
http://www.esf.edu/pubprog/brochure/snakes/snakes.htm

North Carolina State University Extension
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/reptiles/snakepix3.html

Ohio Division of Wildlife
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/resources/reptiles/reptiles/tabid/5684/Default.aspx#snakes

Oklahoma has 44 native snakes
Snakes of OK http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?id=6&all=1
OSU Fact Sheet
 http://www.forestry.ok.gov/Websites/forestry/Images/Snakes%20of%20OK,%20OSU.pdf
Poisonous Snakes with photos
http://www.tulsamastergardeners.org/snake/snakes.shtml

Pennsylvania Herp Identificaion - Snakes of PA
http://www.paherps.com/herps/snakes

South Carolina
Snakes and Frogs
http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/scsnake.htm

Tennessee Herpetological Society
http://www.tennsnakes.org/
East TN Snakes from TN.Gov
http://www.tn.gov/twra/pdfs/snakesposter.pdf

Washington
Burke Museum - Reptiles of WA
http://www.burkemuseum.org/herpetology/reptiles

West Virginia
Marshall University
http://www.marshall.edu/herp/pages/Snakes_Index.htm


Venombite

http://www.venombyte.com/venom/venomous_links.asp



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