There are more than 50 types of snakes in Mississippi and six of them are venomous. It’s important to practice caution any time you come across a snake until you are sure of what type it is.

which makes it the longest native snake in the United States. It lives in Florida, south Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, preferring mature longleaf-pine habitat, where it seeks out gopher tortoise ...

In 2019 the agency wrongly denied the southern hognose snake protection despite population declines of at least 60%. The species has disappeared from Alabama and Mississippi and is considered among ...