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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware

Distribution of Terrestrial Snakes in North America

Occurrences in
NW	the Northwest
N	the North
NE	the Northeast
W	the West
C	central areas
E	the East
SW	the Southwest
S	the South
SE	the Southeast
X	most areas
?	unclear

Literature on the distribution

Pit Vipers

Agkistrodon spp., Moccasins

Agkistrodon contortrix	X
Agkistrodon piscivorus	SE	SE Virginia

Crotalus spp. (without Crotalus durissus sspp.), Rattlesnakes

Crotalus horridus

X

not in Delaware