What "region" of Texas has the LEAST amount of snakes?

[prettybird283]

My husband and I are thinking of moving to witchita falls tx in a year. We are moving from ma. Can anyone give me an idea of the living conditions there? Also are poisoness snakes more apt to live in certain areas of texas. Versus others

[Thoreau424]

Many snakes like water and woods/brush, and thrive in the east, south, and north.

So, the Panhandle or west Texas probably have the least numbers of snakes. Dryness tends to minimize much natural life, including vegetation, and prey and the predators.

Big cities tend to cut off conditions for snakes to thrive as well, but those aren't technically "regions".

[C24L]

Originally Posted by Thoreau424

Many snakes like water and woods/brush, and thrive in the east, south, and north.

So, the Panhandle or west Texas probably have the least numbers of snakes. Dryness tends to minimize much natural life, including vegetation, and prey and the predators.

Big cities tend to cut off conditions for snakes to thrive as well, but those aren't technically "regions".

West Texas in my experience has quite a few snakes especially around Colorado City,Abilene, and Sweetwater.Dont know as much about the situation in the panhandle.

[PhoebeMama]

I am at least a 7th generation Texan on my mother's side where the huge family all live/lived in West Texas and rattle snakes are terrible out west. I am in DFW. In fact my deceased aunt got bit on the thigh as a girl by a rattler. Water moccasin's are a problem in lakes around Texas, especially in East Texas. I think around larger cities you don't see the snakes like you do in the country areas or lake areas or in humid areas. I hate snakes too but not as much as I hate spiders and other crawly bugs, maybe that's because I've been in the major DFW cities all my life and haven't seen that many. Saw more in Ft Worth growing up (lived by a park and creek) but I think the sprawling concrete has changed the snake's environment and their habitat

[nedergras]

Gulf of Mexico

[TexasRoadkill]

What kind of snakes? The kind that slither on their belly and are sneaky and venomous or the reptile?

[KathrynAragon]

Red on black, pat his back.

Red on yellow, kill the fellow!

OK, not only do I live in East Texas, I live adjacent to a creek, and near Lake Palestine. THE HORROR!

We actually do find garden or grass snakes in our yard every year. They are small and harmless and I just leave them alone. Actually I tell them "thank you," and then I leave them alone.

We have seen a few bigger snakes in our yard, or across the street (the creek is across the street) over the years - maybe once a year. I have only seen one venomous snake - I think it was probably a water moccasin - and that was from a distance and he was moving fast so I don't really know where he went.

I have had largely outside dogs for decades here in Texas. Never had one get bitten.

When I had a tom cat, he would occasionally bring me dead garden snakes for presents and leave them at the back door for me to step on when I stepped outside. Bless his heart.