Florida

Snakes in Bay County

37 species have been documented here, 5 of them venomous.

Venomous snakes in Bay County

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Pygmy Rattlesnake
Sistrurus miliarius
Venomous
Stout, dark-blotched body, nine large scales on the crown, and a small rattle.
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Crotalus adamanteus
Venomous
Heavy body, broad triangular head, vertical (cat-like) pupils, and a segmented keratin rattle at the tail tip.
Florida Cottonmouth
Agkistrodon conanti
Venomous
Heavy body, triangular head, vertical pupils, and a heat-sensing pit between each eye and nostril.
Northern Cottonmouth
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Venomous
Heavy body, triangular head, vertical pupils, and a heat-sensing pit between each eye and nostril.
Eastern Coralsnake
Micrurus fulvius
Venomous
Rings of red, yellow, and black where red touches yellow; small rounded head and round pupils.

Every snake recorded in Bay County

Pantherophis guttatus

Harmless

Pine Woods Littersnake

Rhadinaea flavilata

Harmless

Gray Ratsnake

Pantherophis spiloides

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

Masticophis flagellum

Harmless

Florida Green Watersnake

Indotyphlops braminus

Lampropeltis elapsoides

Harmless

Northern Cottonmouth

Agkistrodon piscivorus

Venomous

Eastern Hognose Snake

Heterodon platirhinos

Harmless

Pine Snake

Pituophis melanoleucus

Plain-bellied Watersnake

Nerodia erythrogaster

Harmless

Red-bellied Snake

Storeria occipitomaculata

Pantherophis obsoletus

Mexican West Coast Boa Constrictor

Boa sigma

Harmless

Southeastern Crowned Snake

Compiled from verified GBIF & iNaturalist observations. Informational only.

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