Not here. There are more than 30 types of snakes in Virginia, but only three are venomous: northern copperheads, rattlesnakes and eastern cottonmouths (also known as water moccasins). In the ...

According to the Virginia Herpetological Society (VHS), the northern cottonmouth is a venomous snake also known as a “water moccasin.” These snakes are, as that nickname might imply ...

Of the three venomous species found in Virginia, two have been seen ... for other non-venomous species of aquatic snakes, particularly the Northern Water Snake. On Fort Lee, any snake found ...

According to my snake “bible,” “Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia,” northern water snakes don’t deplete the fish population, but help it, because they feed on fish ...

There are more than 30 types of snakes in Virginia, but only three are venomous: northern copperheads, rattlesnakes and eastern cottonmouths (also known as water moccasins). About 700 hundred or ...

according to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. Cottonmouths hunt prey in water or on land. They eat fish, small mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, including other snakes and ...

Readington Township resident Robert Quinlan saw this snake on Mountain Road in early September 2014. It's a Northern water snake, not a venomous Northern copperhead. (Photo by Robert Quinlan ...