Venomous animals by state

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Venomous snakes by state

State	Venomous land snakes	Which	Other venomous animals listed
Alabama	6	Copperhead, Cottonmouth, Eastern Coral Snake, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Pigmy Rattlesnake and Timber Rattlesnake	5 spiders, 2 scorpions, 1 insect, 4 sharks, rays and other marine animals
Alaska	0	No snakes on the official lists	1 spider
Arizona	14	Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Sidewinder, Arizona Black Rattlesnake, Rock Rattlesnake, Speckled Rattlesnake, Black-tailed Rattlesnake, Western Rattlesnake, Twin-spotted Rattlesnake, Mohave Rattlesnake, Tiger Rattlesnake, Prairie Rattlesnake, Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake, Sonoran Coralsnake and Massasauga; plus 11 mildly venomous	2 spiders, 1 lizard, 1 scorpion, 1 insect
Arkansas	6	Copperhead, Cottonmouth, Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Timber Rattlesnake, Western Pigmy Rattlesnake and Texas Coral Snake	4 spiders, 1 scorpion, 3 insects
California	7	Western Rattlesnake, Sidewinder, Mohave Rattlesnake, Speckled Rattlesnake, Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Red Diamond Rattlesnake and Panamint Rattlesnake; at sea: yellow-bellied seasnake	4 spiders, 1 lizard, 1 scorpion, 3 insects, 2 sharks, rays and other marine animals
Colorado	3	Massasauga Rattlesnake, Midget Faded Rattlesnake and Prairie Rattlesnake; plus 11 mildly venomous	2 spiders, 2 insects
Connecticut	2	Northern Copperhead and Timber Rattlesnake	2 spiders
Delaware	1	Eastern Copperhead	2 spiders
Florida	6	Eastern or Harlequin Coralsnake, Florida Cottonmouth, Eastern Copperhead, Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Timber Rattlesnake or Canebrake Rattlesnake and Pygmy Rattlesnake	4 spiders, 3 scorpions, 9 insects, 4 sharks, rays and other marine animals
Georgia	7	Copperhead, Northern Cottonmouth, Florida Cottonmouth, Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Timber Rattlesnake, Pigmy Rattlesnake and Eastern Coral Snake	5 spiders, 2 scorpions, 13 insects, 6 sharks, rays and other marine animals
Hawaii	0	None labelled venomous; at sea only: yellow-bellied sea snake	2 spiders, 1 marine animal
Idaho	2	Western Rattlesnake and Prairie Rattlesnake; plus 1 mildly venomous	1 spider, 11 insects
Illinois	4	Eastern Copperhead, Northern Cottonmouth, Timber Rattlesnake and Eastern Massasauga	4 spiders, 1 scorpion, 6 insects
Indiana	4	Copperhead, Cottonmouth, Eastern Massasauga and Timber Rattlesnake	2 spiders, 8 insects
Iowa	5	Eastern Copperhead, Timber Rattlesnake, Prairie Rattlesnake, Eastern Massasauga and Western Massasauga	3 spiders, 2 insects
Kansas	7	Eastern Copperhead, Broad-banded Copperhead, Northern Cottonmouth, Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Timber Rattlesnake, Prairie Rattlesnake and Western Massasauga; plus 11 mildly venomous	4 spiders, 1 scorpion, 5 insects
Kentucky	4	Eastern Copperhead, Timber Rattlesnake, Northern Cottonmouth and Western Pigmy Rattlesnake	2 spiders, 1 scorpion, 15 insects
Louisiana	7	Eastern Copperhead, Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Harlequin Coralsnake, Northern Cottonmouth, Pygmy Rattlesnake, Timber Rattlesnake and Texas Coralsnake	5 spiders, 2 insects
Maine	0	None today (timber rattlesnake listed as extirpated)	1 spider
Maryland	2	Eastern Copperhead and Timber Rattlesnake	1 spider, 1 insect
Massachusetts	2	Timber Rattlesnake and Copperhead	2 spiders
Michigan	1	Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake	2 spiders
Minnesota	2	Massasauga and Timber Rattlesnake	1 spider, 6 insects
Mississippi	6	Southern Copperhead, Eastern Cottonmouth and Western Cottonmouth (two forms of one species), Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Canebrake Rattlesnake, Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnake, Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake and Western Pygmy Rattlesnake (three forms of one species) and Harlequin Coralsnake	3 spiders, 1 scorpion, 3 insects, 3 sharks, rays and other marine animals
Missouri	6	Eastern Copperhead, Northern Cottonmouth, Timber Rattlesnake, Eastern Massasauga, Prairie Massasauga and Western Pygmy Rattlesnake	3 spiders, 1 scorpion, 13 insects, 3 mammals
Montana	1	Prairie Rattlesnake	4 spiders, 1 scorpion, 3 insects, 1 mammal
Nebraska	4	Copperhead, Timber rattlesnake, Prairie rattlesnake and Western Massasauga Rattlesnake	4 spiders, 4 insects
Nevada	6	Great Basin Rattlesnake, Mojave Green Rattlesnake, Sidewinder, Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake, Western Diamondback Rattlesnake and Panamint Rattlesnake; plus 2 mildly venomous	2 spiders, 1 lizard, 1 scorpion
New Hampshire	1	Timber Rattlesnake	1 spider
New Jersey	2	Northern Copperhead and Timber Rattlesnake	2 spiders, 5 sharks, rays and other marine animals
New Mexico	12	Western Coral Snake, Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Sidewinder Rattlesnake, Banded Rock Rattlesnake and Mottled Rock Rattlesnake (two forms of one species), Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake, Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnake, Mojave Rattlesnake, Tiger Rattlesnake, Prairie Rattlesnake, New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake, Western Massasauga and Arizona Black Rattlesnake	2 spiders, 1 lizard, 1 scorpion, 1 insect
New York	3	Northern Copperhead, Eastern Massasauga and Timber Rattlesnake	3 spiders
North Carolina	6	Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnake, Copperhead, Eastern Coral Snake, Eastern Cottonmouth, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake and Timber Rattlesnake	2 spiders
North Dakota	1	Prairie Rattlesnake	1 spider, 1 insect
Ohio	3	Eastern Copperhead, Massasauga and Timber Rattlesnake	4 spiders, 8 insects, 1 mammal
Oklahoma	8	Copperhead, Cottonmouth, Western diamondback rattlesnake, Timber rattlesnake, Prairie rattlesnake, Massasauga, Pygmy rattlesnake and Broad-banded Copperhead	2 spiders, 1 scorpion, 5 insects
Oregon	1	Western Rattlesnake	2 spiders, 1 scorpion, 1 insect, 1 marine animal
Pennsylvania	3	Eastern Copperhead, Timber Rattlesnake and Eastern Massasauga	3 spiders, 7 insects
Rhode Island	0	None today (timber rattlesnake listed as extirpated)	2 spiders, 1 marine animal
South Carolina	6	Timber Rattlesnake, Copperhead, Cottonmouth / Water Moccasin, Eastern Coral Snake, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake and Pigmy Rattlesnake	3 spiders, 3 insects, 4 sharks, rays and other marine animals
South Dakota	1	Prairie Rattlesnake	1 spider, 1 insect
Tennessee	4	Copperhead, Cottonmouth, Timber Rattlesnake and Pygmy Rattlesnake	3 spiders, 6 insects, 2 mammals
Texas	11	Copperhead, Cottonmouth, Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Timber Rattlesnake, Rock Rattlesnake, Black-tailed Rattlesnake, Mojave Rattlesnake, Prairie Rattlesnake, Massasauga, Pygmy Rattlesnake and Texas Coralsnake	9 spiders, 1 scorpion, 11 insects
Utah	5	Western rattlesnake, Prairie rattlesnake, Mojave rattlesnake, Sidewinder and Southwestern speckled rattlesnake	1 spider, 1 lizard, 1 scorpion, 1 insect
Vermont	1	Timber Rattlesnake	1 spider
Virginia	3	Canebrake Rattlesnake and Timber Rattlesnake (two forms of one species), Eastern Copperhead and Northern Cottonmouth	3 spiders, 1 insect
Washington	1	Western rattlesnake; plus 1 mildly venomous	4 spiders, 5 insects
West Virginia	2	Eastern Copperhead and Timber Rattlesnake	1 spider, 9 insects
Wisconsin	2	Eastern Massasauga and Timber Rattlesnake	1 spider, 2 insects, 1 mammal
Wyoming	2	Midget Faded Rattlesnake and Prairie Rattlesnake	2 spiders

Counts are species that each state's sources label venomous; two forms of one species count once. Snakes the sources call only mildly venomous are counted separately. Spider, scorpion and insect lists are not complete in any state.

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Questions across states

• What states have scorpions?
• What states have rattlesnakes?
• What states have brown recluse spiders?
• What states have copperheads?
• Which states have no venomous snakes?

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