Most snakes in North Texas are beneficial and not dangerous. Boy, that’s a hard sell, but let me try. Even the dangerous snakes are smooth, not slimy, and they don’t spit at you with devilish ...

According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, the cottonmouth snake can be found in marshes, swamps, ponds, lakes, ditches, and canals in East and Central Texas and along the Gulf coast.

Venomous snakes in Texas include the cottonmouth and the copperhead. Lenhart said small children and those with underlying health conditions are in greater danger if bitten by a snake.

This snake can be found in east Texas in wooded areas of wet bottomlands. The Mottled Rock rattlesnake is a small, slender two-foot-long snake that can be found in the mountains of west Texas.

Texas is home to four venomous species. Here's everything you should and shouldn't do if one bites you, and how to identify them.

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - As the temperatures begin to warm, the snakes begin to slither; now East Texans are wondering what can hurt and what is harmless? William Garvin, the supervisor of the reptile ...

Texas Brown Snake: Often thin-bodied with brown coloring and darker brown, small spots down its back, these snakes are typically nine to 13 inches (23 to 33cm) in length.

Recent heavy rainfall and flooding seem to have stirred up the East Texas snake population, as they are abandoning their usual retreats for higher ground.

Mrs. Nichols had a strong feeling the reddish-brown snake was poisonous because of its pattern, aggression and diamond-shaped head, but didn't know at the time that it was a cottonmouth moccasin.