Snake control in South Carolina

Snake species recorded in South Carolina

• 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.
• Cottonmouth (water moccasin) (Agkistrodon piscivorus) — Throughout Florida; in Virginia only south and east of Petersburg in wet areas. Georgia lists both northern and Florida cottonmouths.
• Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) — Throughout Florida; largest eastern venomous snake.
• Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) — State endangered in Virginia (canebrake population in the southeast); northern Florida only as far south as Gainesville.