Venomous Snakes in Maryland - Poll

lowoncash · Apr 28, 2017

No love for the toxic brown bowl wrapper? They are common worldwide.

I've read that in areas mostly in the west where rattlesnake hunts take place the sound of the rattle is used to locate snakes. This practice is supposed to be leading to more snakes without rattles surviving and breeding.

tallen702 · Apr 28, 2017

Unfortunately I can only find the video on Facebook, but man oh man look at what this guy did: https://www.facebook.com/StillHunt/videos/1918683575042590/

dreadpirate · Apr 29, 2017

davsco said:
yeah the cottonmouth is supposed to get up to the great dismal swamp. i thought coral's were more TX & AZ and certainly had no idea they came up to NC.

I caught a Coral snake in my backyard was I was in junior high school living in Florida. I though it was a Scarlet snake. I put it in a jar and brought it to biology class. Boy was my teacher surprised! :party29:

md_al · Apr 30, 2017

What about the 2-legged snakes in Annapolis? Do they count?

Minuteman · Apr 30, 2017

md_al said:
What about the 2-legged snakes in Annapolis? Do they count?

Absolutely.

And this should be the very first question we ask them about:

54rndball · Apr 30, 2017

I have run into rattlesnakes more than once. The last time was at a WMA in Western MD while hiking on a trail. Damn that is scary when you here that rattle all of a sudden. It really got my attention!

Minuteman · May 7, 2017

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remodeler1 · May 7, 2017

Kiwiknoll said:
Maryland hog nosed snakes are endangered because they look like rattlers and shake their tail against leaves to simulate rattles. Wonder if the watershed could be ho e for some of these....?

Eastern Hog Nosed Snakes are found in the watershed

remodeler1 · May 7, 2017

squaregrouper said:
There is a herp school of thought who question the accuracy of range maps that extend into Western PA and far Northern WV but not going into MD. Their stance is how can data of such a rare species be accurate in determining natural range.

EDIT- I'm not a herp guy but have been working with them for years.

When someone actually finds 1 in WVA or MD I'll be convinced. Modern man has traipsed through these areas thoroughly

Engine4 · May 19, 2017

Already relocated 3 black snakes this week, 1 in the road down the street from my house & 2 just now in the next door garage. Plus I've seen 2 dead by the highway. They seem to be coming out all at once.

BossmanPJ · May 19, 2017

Found this guy when I was clearing my hillside the other day. Pretty sure it is a copperhead.

remodeler1 · May 20, 2017

BossmanPJ said:
Found this guy when I was clearing my hillside the other day. Pretty sure it is a copperhead.

Eastern milk snake. Harmless and good to have around to help keep the rodent population under control

tallen702 · May 22, 2017

BossmanPJ said:
Found this guy when I was clearing my hillside the other day. Pretty sure it is a copperhead.

As remodeler1 said, it's a milk snake. Copperheads have a much more pronounced hour-glass shape to their reddish bands with it narrowing across the spine and spreading back out on the sides. Eastern milk snakes have more solid "rings" like you see in your picture.

Minuteman · May 22, 2017

tallen702 said:
As remodeler1 said, it's a milk snake. Copperheads have a much more pronounced hour-glass shape to their reddish bands with it narrowing across the spine and spreading back out on the sides. Eastern milk snakes have more solid "rings" like you see in your picture.

Thx for the confirmation.

This poll is up to nearly 100 posts and no inappropriate juvenile locker room jokes yet. :thumbsup:

Only two venomous snakes in Maryland. Copperhead and Timber Rattler.

j_h_smith · May 22, 2017

Minuteman said:
Thx for the confirmation.

This poll is up to nearly 100 posts and no inappropriate juvenile locker room jokes yet.

Only two venomous snakes in Maryland. Copperhead and Timber Rattler.

Wrong again. As posted in the beginning (post 64 I believe), the Eastern Hognose Snake is venomous.

highli99 · May 22, 2017

Trouser snakes carry a lot of diseases. Especially in Hazard county. Does that count as venomous?

tallen702 · May 22, 2017

j_h_smith said:
Wrong again. As posted in the beginning (post 64 I believe), the Eastern Hognose Snake is venomous.

If you're going to split hairs on the hognose, then you'll have to include garter and ringneck snakes too. Fact of the matter is, classification of venomous vs non-venomous in snakes is similar to our classification in spiders. ALL spiders are venomous, but only a very few pose any threat to humans with their venom. Same can be said for many species of snake. Which is why herpetologists classify the Eastern Timber Rattler and Copperhead as the only extant venomous snakes in MD. They are the ones that pose a threat to all humans and whose venom works on us in the intended way.

The venom of the Eastern Hognose is amphibian specific, and while mild to severe allergic reactions can occur, they are very, very rare and not a product of the venom's neurotoxins attacking the nervous system but rather a chance side-effect of the body's immune system. Same goes for the ring neck and garter snakes in the region. Garter snake bites almost always result in redness and itching due to the body attacking the venom that it injects if allowed to gnaw on you enough.

remodeler1 · May 22, 2017

I remember reading a news story in the early 80's of a child in California being bitten by a garter snake that held on & couldn't be removed for quite a while. The child was taken to the hospital with symptoms typical of a venomous snakebite

Minuteman · May 22, 2017

j_h_smith said:
I hate to say it but the DNR is incorrect. There is another venomous snake in Maryland, however, since it's rear fanged, it's not usually dangerous for human adults. Their venom could cause issues if the snake were to bite and chew on a small child. If they were to hit you in a defensive strike, there's probably very little chance of being envenomated. They catch their prey and chew on them to envenomate them. They do not release enough venom to hurt an adult, but a small child could be sickened if the snake is allowed to chew on a hand or foot.

The Eastern Hognose Snake.

Where did you find this?

j_h_smith · May 22, 2017

Minuteman said:
Where did you find this?

30 years of collecting/raising/breeding snakes. Also look at the following:

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/heterodon/92706-hognose-venom-debate-over.html

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