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Atlanta's Professional Snake Removal & Snake Experts
Snake Removal, Snake Control
Have you just seen a snake? Was your first reaction to call for a professional snake handler for snake removal by a snake expert? Georgia Wildlife Services can identify your offending snake species, locate the offending snake and remove it with professional snake handling equipment using snake tongs and snake hooks or just a simple tail grab of your offending snake.
Poisonous Snakes , Venomous Snakes
Rule#1 with snakes never handle any wild snake unless you have a positive identification of the snake species.
Rule#2 Just leave the snake alone. Most if not all snake attacks are the result of provocation of the snake and the most common age and sex of those bit by snake are males between the ages 16 and 40 .
Georgia is home to 40 different species of snakes and only 6 of these snake species are actually venomous. Many people believe if you see a snake it must be poisonous the truth is less then 5% of all snake encounters actually involve a real venomous snake but if you do not have a positive identification on any snake species remember to simply leave the snake alone and go about their business and out of your area.
The Six Native Venomous Species Found In The State of Georgia are:
Copperhead Snake
Copperhead Snake
Every year in Georgia more snake bites occur involving the Copperhead
Agkistrodon contortix then any other venomous snake in the State Of Georgia. Most of these attacks are done by accident because the Copperhead snakes blends in so well in the terrain they are stepped on and strike out and bite back. The Copperhead snake is a member of the pit viper family which has a special pit that is heat sensitive between their nose and mouth that enables them to find warm blooded prey. Copperhead snakes have a coppery red head and their bodies coppery -red head patches shaped like a hour glass.
Cottonmouth Snake
Cottonmouth
The Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscovorous is the most aggressive venomous snake native to Florida . The Cottonmouth will attack & defend an area without provocation. The cottonmouth is also a member of the Pit Viper family, and is unique amongst other vipers since it is semi-aquatic and normally found around a variety of water habitats from lowland streams to mountain streams and rivers.
The Cottonmouth is a potentially dangerous snake and should be given as much room as possible to get away. The cottonmouth is a very nervous snake and is capable of delivering a fatal snake bite causing death.
Coral Snake
Eastern Coral Snake
Coral snakes are the only members of the Cobra family that live in North America.Both US Coral snakes the eastern Coral Snake and The Western Coral (Not native in Ga) both have red touching yellow rings and is highly venomous and they strike using a paralytic venom.
The coral snake is a very secretive snake that burrows and is often out in the early morning eating lizards, amphibians and snakes.
Do not even think about picking up any of these snakes they can kill or cripple you!
Georgia’s Native Rattlesnakes
Common Local Names Associated with Rattlesnakes In General
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake, eastern diamondback, diamond rattlesnake, diamond-back rattlesnake, common rattlesnake, diamond-back, diamond(-patch) rattler, eastern diamond-back (rattlesnake), eastern diamond rattlesnake, Florida diamond-back (rattlesnake), Florida rattlesnake, lozenge-spotted rattlesnake, rattler, rattlesnake, southeastern diamond-backed rattlesnake, southeastern diamond-backed rattler, southern woodland rattler, timber rattlesnake, water rattle, water rattlesnake, diamondback rattlesnake.
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus is the largest and most dangerous of all rattlesnakes here in Georgia and is the most venomous snake in the United States . These snakes can reach 6-7 feet in their lifetime.
Leave this snake alone please. When encountering this snake you must be very careful because this snake is known to stand its ground and be very aggressive when and if provoked.
All rattle snakes belong to the genus Crotalus (Rattlesnakes).
Timber/Canebrake Rattlesnake
Timber or Canebrake Rattlesnake
The Timber rattlesnake is often misidentified as a Diamondback Rattle Snake
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Crotalus adamanteus,often confused with the Eastern Diamondback, a venomous pitviper species found in the southeastern United States.
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Crotalus horridus, a.k.a. the timber rattlesnake, a venomous pit viper species found in the eastern United States.
Pigmy Rattlesnake
Pygmy Rattlesnake