North America

  1  A super-common Californian snake Nobody knows which snake in California is the most abundant by headcount. The gopher […]

  1  Gopher snake Record: 267.7cm. Latin name: Pituophis canifer. Various snakes are casually mentioned as the longest on US

  1  A small Mexican rattlesnake Mexico’s Baja California region lies directly south of US California, and is a long

  1  Scarlet kingsnake Maximum length: 74.0cm (possibly 76.2cm). Location: US southeast. The Lampropeltis genus of kingsnakes has an estimated

  1  The longest rattlesnake species The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is a species of the US southeast, especially Florida, Georgia

  1  A miniscule soil dweller Texas is home to many cunning rattlesnakes and adventurous ratsnakes, yet one of the

  1  Blackbelly garter snake Maximum length: 86.4cm. This garter snake is easily recognisable by its vivid black and yellow

  1  Baja California coachwhip Maximum length: 184.5cm. Probably the most commonly sighted snake in Baja California by ordinary people.

  1  Mexico’s deadly cottonmouth relative In Mexico, it sometimes feels like there’s a venomous snake waiting around every corner.

  1  Common garter snake Maximum length: 137.2cm. Range: virtually the entire USA, most of southern Canada. A tiny population