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Snake control in Texas

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

Snakes in Texas: what to know

Around Texas

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 Texas: what the public record shows

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

Rattlesnakes, copperheads (as far west as Texas), cottonmouths, coral snakes

Venomous groups present (CDC)

Texas is the only state with all four groups widely represented.

CDC/NIOSH

Snake species recorded in Texas

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

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

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Snake control in Texas

Snakes in Texas: what to know

Around Texas

What to note

A useful next step

Snakes in Texas: what the public record shows

Snake species recorded in Texas

For context, nationally

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