Theyâre back! Identifying snakes in East Texas
Snakes are starting to slither back out, but how do you know which ones are venomous and which ones are not?
Snake Season By Sydney Shadrix | April 28, 2021 at 10:10 PM CDT - Updated April 29 at 12:31 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Theyâre scaly. Theyâre stealthy, and theyâre slithering their way out of hibernation.
âTheyâve been coming out for two or three weeks now. You know, we had a really hard winter. A lot of snakes were hunkering down, hibernating,â says William Garvin, Supervisor of Reptiles at the Caldwell Zoo. âAnd now that the weather is improved, everybodyâs hungry and theyâre starting to wake up and move around.â
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Venomous snakes of East Texas
East Texas Venomous Snakes(KLTV)
By KLTV Digital Media Staff
Published: Apr. 28, 2021 at 5:09 PM CDT
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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 department at Caldwell Zoo said that the three most common venomous snakes found in East Texas are the western cottonmouth (commonly known as the water moccasin), the timber rattlesnake, and the most common, the copperhead.
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