Around Indiana
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local snake information
Snake control in Indiana
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Snakes in Indiana: what to know
What to note
Where you see snakes, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.
Local research
Snakes in Indiana: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which snakes actually live in Indiana, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Indiana is home to 32 native snake species, of which only four are venomous.
Native snake species
The four venomous species are the copperhead, cottonmouth, eastern massasauga and timber rattlesnake.
Indiana Department of Natural ResourcesCopperhead: southern half of the state. Eastern massasauga: northern third. Timber rattlesnake: south central Indiana. Cottonmouth: one small area in southwestern Indiana.
Venomous species ranges
No single part of Indiana has all four, and each species is limited to part of the state.
Indiana Department of Natural ResourcesThe timber rattlesnake and cottonmouth are state endangered; the eastern massasauga is state endangered and federally threatened.
Protected venomous species
Indiana DNR advises leaving these snakes alone if encountered.
Indiana Department of Natural ResourcesSnake species recorded in Indiana
- Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) — Statewide in Virginia and common in gardens and woodlots; the most common venomous species in the Mid-Atlantic. In Florida only the western Panhandle.
- Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) — State endangered in Virginia (canebrake population in the southeast); northern Florida only as far south as Gainesville.
When snakes are busiest in Indiana
Indiana DNR reports eastern massasaugas active from as early as April to as late as November.
Indiana is the only state in this group whose wildlife agency lists a cottonmouth population, confined to one small area of the southwest.
Rules that apply in Indiana
For context, nationally
Sources: Indiana Department of Natural Resources; CDC/NIOSH; Nuisance wildlife: Snakes. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
