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Snake control in New Mexico

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Snakes in New Mexico: what to know

Around New Mexico

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

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 New Mexico: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which snakes actually live in New Mexico, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

8 of New Mexico's 46 snake species are venomous: 7 rattlesnakes and 1 coral snake

Venomous species in New Mexico

Rattlesnakes are by far the most commonly encountered venomous snakes in the state.

New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service

The western diamondback (Crotalus atrox) is found throughout much of New Mexico and is the most frequently sighted rattlesnake in the state

Most widespread rattlesnake

It occupies flat plains and rocky canyons from grassland desert up into pine-oak forest, and is the largest rattlesnake in New Mexico.

New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service

The western coral snake occurs only in extreme southwestern Catron County and western Hidalgo and Grant counties

Coral snake range

Most of New Mexico, including Albuquerque and Santa Fe, is outside the coral snake's range.

New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service

Snake species recorded in New Mexico

Western diamond-backed rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) — Southwest deserts; one of California's nine.
Mohave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus) — Highly potent venom; Mojave and Sonoran deserts.

When snakes are busiest in New Mexico

New Mexico snakes emerge from hibernation and mate soon after temperatures rise in spring, then shift to shade during the hottest part of the day and bask in open areas on cool days, becoming inactive in extreme heat and cold.

Extension guidance is that no fumigants or poisons are registered for snake control and that habitat modification and exclusion are the only effective measures.

Rules that apply in New Mexico

For context, nationally

7,000-8,000; about 5 deaths — Venomous snakebites per year in the U.S.. CDC/NIOSH
10-44 percent — Rattlesnake bite victims with lasting injury. CDC/NIOSH

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