First discovered: The first scientific description of the timber rattlesnake was written by the famed naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Sometimes in the mid-1900s, rumors that the Missouri ...

The Eastern Copperhead, Northern Cottonmouth, and Timber Rattlesnake are the most dangerous species in Missouri. Ozarks First's Bailey Strohl is breaking down the three main venomous species we ...

Missouri has five species of venomous snakes - the Osage copperhead, timber rattlesnake, Western cottonmouth, Western pygmy rattlesnake and Eastern massasauga rattlesnake. Copperheads are the most ...

"Timber rattlers are documented in every ... "There is no documentation of anyone ever dying from the bite of a pygmy rattlesnake in Missouri," he said. The snake can be identified by its ...

A western rattlesnake found in Missouri with discoloration of the head ... crusty blisters on the necks and faces of endangered timber rattlesnakes, as well as the carcass of a rattler, supposedly ...

and the Timber Rattlesnake. Other poisonous species that can also be found in Missouri include the Massasauga Rattlesnake and Western Pygmy Rattlesnake. Missouri Department of Conservation ...

Mo.? Not a beep. Mindy Walker stretched her long radio signal receiver out across the rocky den, waving it here and there. Not a beep. Nor a buzz, the sound of an aggravated timber rattlesnake.

It is a semi-aquatic snake and can often be seen in or around water. According to MDC, the Timer Rattlesnake is Missouri’s largest venomous snake, ranging from 36 to 60 inches long. It will bite ...