Though many people imagine the tropics to be ‘dripping’ with snakes, in reality, they are amazingly cryptic and difficult to see.  There are 45 species of snakes in Florida, but you will have to look hard to see any of them.

Eastern Hognose Snake
Rat Snakes
Eastern Indigo Snake
Black Racer
Rough Green Snake
Mud Snake
Brown Water Snake
Pine Snake
Salt Marsh Snake

Florida Scarlet Snake

Striped Crayfish Snake

Swamp Snake

Eastern Coral Snake

Cottonmouth (Water Moccasin)
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake
Southern Copperhead

Burmese Python

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