This iconic snake, with its bulbous head and red, yellow, and black bands, is famous as much for its potent venom as for the many rhymes—"Red and yellow, kill a fellow; red and black ...

Cottonmouth snakes, also known as water moccasins, are cousins of copperheads — a venomous snake frequently seen in the Triangle ... or even the detached head of a snake, can still bite because ...

Outdoor Alabama lists six venomous snakes that inhabit the state: the copperhead, cottonmouth, timber rattlesnake, pygmy rattlesnake, eastern diamondback rattlesnake and eastern coral snake. The ...

Like pit vipers, coral snakes have hollow fangs in the front of the mouth with tubular connections to venom sacs located in the head ... colored red, yellow and black snake because it is pretty.

They’re cousins to copperheads, a venomous snake frequently seen throughout the Triangle. Although cottonmouths ... be flattened to appear larger). lack yellow tail tips when they’re young.

But if you do see one of these rare snakes, here's what to know. How to identify: Most timber rattlesnakes have a yellow, brown and black back like ... Has a large triangular head and keeled ...

Look at the head shape. As a rule of thumb, most venomous snakes have a triangular or diamond ... Juvenile copperhead. Note the yellow-tipped tail. Jodie Owen Courtesy of the NC Wildlife Resources ...

Five of the six venomous snake species in South Carolina are pit vipers, which means they have distinct triangle ... orange and yellow, as well as tan. They have distinctive black, zig-zagging ...