Usually found while gardening and digging, the rough earth snakes are little brown snakes. So small, they might be confused for worms. They are usually 6 to 10 inches and like to live underground.

The most venomous snakes in Texas are copperheads, cottonmouths, rattlesnakes and coral snakes, though the Western diamondback, a rattler with brown, diamond-shaped markings, is the most common ...

Texas is home to 96 species of snakes. Of those 96, 15% are venomous. While this is a small fraction of the snake population, ...

Although there are more than 100 snake species and subspecies in Texas, there are only four groups of venomous snakes. If you can safely identify them, you have a better chance of avoiding bites.