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An Interactive Guide to Massachusetts Snakes

This page was developed by University of Massachusetts Extension.
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Help and Information

About the Authors/Illustrator

How to Use This Guide

Information on Snakes

Identification Area

Is the Snake?

Solid or Plain Colored? (If Yes, click here)
Striped? (If Yes, click here)
Cross-banded or Blotched?(If Yes, click here)

Information and illustrations of:

Black Racer
Black Rat Snake
Brown Snake
Copperhead
Common Garter Snake
Eastern Hognose Snake
Eastern Ribbon Snake
Milk Snake
Northern Water Snake
Redbelly Snake
Ringneck Snake
Smooth Green Snake
Timber Rattlesnake
Worm Snake

Text written by Scott Jackson and Peter Mirick. Illustrations by Nancy Haver. Web design by Michelle Lee

University of Massachusetts, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Massachusetts Counties Cooperating, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife and UMass Extension

Last modified: June 28, 1995