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Category: Non-Venomous

Coastal Dunes Crowned Snake

Tantilla relicta pamlica Alternate Name(s):   Venom Status: Non Venomous   Characteristics: Three very similar appearing subspecies that are differentiated by the length or shape

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Florida Brown Snake

Storeria victa Alternate Name(s):   Venom Status: Non Venomous   Characteristics: This small snake attains an adult length of 11 to 15 inches. It is

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Pine Woods Snake

Rhadinea flavilata Alternate Name(s):   Venom Status: Non Venomous   Characteristics: Rear-fanged. Harmless to humans but the snake’s saliva benumbs bitten frogs and lizards, the

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Gulf Hammock Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoleta williamsi Alternate Name(s):   Venom Status: Non Venomous   Characteristics: This large, variably colored, semi-arboreal, constrictor, is harmless, but often defensive. This snake

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Everglades Rat Snake

Pantherophis alleghaniensis everglades Alternate Name(s):   Venom Status: Non Venomous   Characteristics: Once common, these large, harmless, but often feisty, semi-arboreal snakes have been largely

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Yellow Rat Snake

Pantherophis alleghaniensis yellow Alternate Name(s):   Venom Status: Non Venomous   Characteristics: Adult at 4 to 5 ½ feet, the yellow rat snake occasionally attains

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Florida Rough Green Snake

Opheodrys carinatus Alternate Name(s):   Venom Status: Non Venomous   Characteristics: Slender and leaf green except immediately before shedding when it may be duller, or

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