Mississippi State University Extension Service

In most cases, the snakes around houses are harmless, such as garter, ribbon, ringneck, king, or rat snakes. But Mississippi does have six types of venomous snakes: copperhead, cottonmouth or water moccasin, coral snake, canebrake or timber rattlesnake, pygmy rattlesnake, and eastern diamondback rattlesnake. Venomous Snakes. Copperhead. ................
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