North America

  1  Common garter snake Maximum length: 137.2cm. States inhabited: 47/50. The common garter snake is a species familiar to […]

  1  Most northerly: prairie rattlesnake Maximum length: 151.5cm. Our first record was a tricky one to award, as both

  1  Kirtland’s snake (Pennsylvania) Maximum length: 62.2cm. Scientists are working furiously to investigate the 4000 snake species on Earth,

  1  Speckled racer Maximum length: 127cm. The USA has many snakes which straddle the border with Mexico, but there’s

  1  Black-tailed rattlesnake The black-tailed rattlesnake is one of the easiest venomous snakes to recognise in the entire USA.

  1  The offshoot coral snake The US is home to 2 coral snakes of the vast Micrurus genus, which

  1  Tallahassee – grey ratsnake State: Florida. Population: 391,000 (metro). Elevation: 62 metres. If you’re a citizen of Tallahassee,

  1  The USA’s top urban snake If you live in a city of the eastern USA, whether it’s Detroit,

  1  All-powerful on the east coast The eastern ratsnake is a common species of the eastern USA, which has

  1  The USA’s largest burrower The pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus) is a large species of the eastern US, which