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Snake control in Tennessee

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Snakes in Tennessee: what to know

Around Tennessee

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 Tennessee: what the public record shows

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

One of Tennessee's four venomous snakes; occurs across the entire state.

Copperhead range

TWRA notes the Southern Copperhead in extreme West Tennessee and the Northern Copperhead across the rest of the state.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Occurs in the western part of Tennessee, including counties on the northern Highland Rim.

Cottonmouth range

Mainly swamps, sloughs, wetlands and drainage ditches of the western coastal plain.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Tennessee's largest venomous snake; occurs across the state and prefers mature wooded, rocky south-facing hillsides.

Timber rattlesnake habitat

Often coiled near fallen logs or sunning on rocks, so watch woodpiles and rock ledges.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Snake species recorded in Tennessee

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.
Pygmy rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) — Throughout Florida; small but common in suburban yards.

When snakes are busiest in Tennessee

TWRA reports copperheads court and mate in spring and fall, with females giving birth in late summer or early fall.

No coral snake occurs in Tennessee; TWRA's snake list names only four venomous species.

Rules that apply in Tennessee

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

Sources: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency; CDC/NIOSH; Nuisance wildlife: Snakes; Recognizing Florida's Venomous Snakes (WEC 202/UW229). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Humid Subtropical · suburban setting

Snake control in Tennessee

Snakes in Tennessee: what to know

Around Tennessee

What to note

A useful next step

Snakes in Tennessee: what the public record shows

Snake species recorded in Tennessee

When snakes are busiest in Tennessee

Rules that apply in Tennessee

For context, nationally

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Bartlett

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