Know your Southeast Texas snakes: Cottonmouths are often misidentified. By Chester Moore, Outdoors writer June 11, 2022. ... individual snakes may differ within a species,” Stevens said. ...

Most southeast Texas snakes are harmless, and the region's handful of venomous species would rather not waste their energy or their toxins on something they cannot eat. A few recent incidents ...

Here's what you should know about venomous snakes that reside in the Lone Star State, courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife. Copperheads. Copperheads are found in rocky and wooded areas and are ...