Florida Rattlesnake

In 2009 the florida times union reported on this very incident.

Florida rattlesnake. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest rattlesnake species and is one of the heaviest known species of venomous snake with one specimen shot in 1946 measuring 2 4 m 7 8 ft in length and weighing 15 4 kg 34 lb. State of florida non venomous. This list of snakes of florida includes all snakes in the u s. The biggest timber rattlesnake known measured 74 5 inches but a typical adult is usually somewhere between 36 and 60 inches in length.

Indeed the rattler was found by a st. Augustine called brandon booth who owns a 1 trapper man on sunday to come get the snake from near the entrance to the. However there are just 6 venomous snakes in florida. Only six of florida s 44 snake species are venomous.

Snake bite season runs from april to october in florida. As far as florida is concerned this snake is usually only found in eight or nine northern counties. There are about 50 species in the state but only six are venomous. A resident at tuscany village townhomes near florida 16 and interstate 95 at st.

To use it you only have to observe the color and characteristics of the scales on the back and on the belly of the snake. A bartow couple on a birdwatching trip came across something that really ruffled their feathers. The eastern diamondback rattler has the most lethal bite. A much exaggerated snake tale.

A diamondback rattlesnake can grow to a fearsome length. This simplified key is an aid to the identification of the snakes of florida for use by laymen with no technical training in herpetology. The timber rattlesnake a venomous pit viper is also sometimes called the canebrake rattlesnake. Five to six feet is not uncommon.

These snakes are highly venomous and pose a genuine danger to humans. Even in our youth bounties were paid for these rattlesnakes because they were so easy to find and so large. Black racers southern black racer. The largest of florida s venomous snakes the diamondback used to be much more common than it is today.

The eastern coral snake the southern copperhead the cottonmouth the eastern diamondback rattlesnake the timber rattlesnake and the dusky. Red belly snakes florida brown. However other venomous snakes may rival this species in weight. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake the timber rattlesnake the dusky pygmy rattlesnake the coral snake the cottonmouth and the copperhead.

Augustine resident but as the times union reported.