Outdoor Alabama lists six venomous snakes that inhabit the state: the copperhead, cottonmouth, timber rattlesnake, pygmy rattlesnake, eastern diamondback rattlesnake and eastern coral snake. The ...

Copperhead snakes are among the most venomous snake species in the southeastern and northeastern U.S. The average length of one can vary from 2-3 feet, but some have broken records for their size.