There are fifteen (15) venomous snakes native to the state of Texas. These include one (1) coral snake, three (3) different copperheads, one (1) cottonmouth and ten (10) different rattlesnakes. To learn more about any of these venomous snakes, please select and click on the species you are interested in.
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Texas Coral Snake - Micrurus tener tener
Southern Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix
Broad-Banded Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus
Trans-Pecos Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster
Western Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma
Desert Massasauga - Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii
Western Massasauga - Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus
Western Pigmy Rattlesnake - Sistrurus miliarius streckeri
Timber Rattlesnake - Crotalus horridus
Prairie Rattlesnake - Crotalus viridis viridis
Northern Black-tailed Rattlesnake - Crotalus molossus molossus
Mojave Rattlesnake - Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake - Crotalus atrox
Mottled Rock Rattlesnake - Crotalus lepidus lepidus
Banded Rock Rattlesnake - Crotalus lepidus klauberi
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