01 — Near you
Snakes in your state
Every state guide opens with the venomous species and their lookalikes, then lists the species recorded there, grouped by how often you’ll see them.
Find your state’s guide
03 — Popular species
Most consulted
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House of Reptiles
A field guide to the world’s reptiles: identify what’s in your backyard, look up a species, and learn how they live. Every fact cited.
04 — Lookalikes
Copperhead or cottonmouth?
Both are venomous pit vipers. These are the features field biologists check first.
Hourglass bands, wide on the sides and narrow at the spine. Plain copper head. Wooded hillsides and leaf litter.
Heavier and darker, bands often faded in adults, dark stripe through the eye. Swamps and slow water.
05 — The collection
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06 — Pet care
Care guides keepers come back to
07 — In season
Brumation season is starting
BehaviorDo snakes hibernate?What snakes do in winter, and why it’s called brumation.
SeasonsWhen do Texas snakes go quiet?Activity month by month across the state.
Food websWhat eats copperheads?Hawks, kingsnakes, opossums and more.
PredatorsDo opossums eat snakes?And why pit viper venom barely affects them.
08 — Latest field notes