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Control Snakes in the Garden
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To have a snake or two in the garden is good. Non-poisonous
snakes, such as the common garter snakes, are beneficial
creatures because they eat pest insects, mosquito larvae,
slugs, snails, crickets, rats, mice, voles and even other
snakes which may be poisonous.
But if you really don’t want snakes in your yard and garden
here are a few tips to eliminate them without hurting or
killing them.
Keep the lawn neatly cut and clean. Be careful using weed
eaters because the sting from the fast moving string can
kill them.
Snakes need cover for protection. Don’t leave wood or brush
piles sit in one spot for more than a month.
Keep leaves and other debris picked up.
Don’t keep piles of rocks.
Stack firewood on a rack 12″ off the ground.
Remove old lumber or junk piles.
Remove their source of food. Keep the insect and rodent
population under control.
Place garbage bags in sealed trash cans away from the house.
Repair cracks along the foundation and fill holes around
pipes. Snakes only need about a ¼ inch crack to get inside.
Sprinkle moth balls around the perimeter of your yard or
garden. But beware that these can be dangerous to pets and
children.
Sulfur from a garden center is said to keep snakes away.
Don’t plant bushes and other plants too close to the
foundation of the house.
Use mulch in the garden beds but not too thickly.
Trim the lowest limbs on shrubs and bushes so they are at
least 12 inches from the ground.
Construct a fence around your garden with heavy galvanized
screening. Make it three feet wide with quarter-inch mesh.
Be sure to bury the bottom of it six inches below the soil
surface.
For more help on controlling snakes:
http://www.apluswriting.net/garden/snakecontrol.htm
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Author: Marilyn Pokorney
Freelance writer of science, nature, animals and the
environment.
Also loves crafts, gardening, and reading.
Website: http://www.apluswriting.net
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Non-Venomous Snakes
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Non-Venomous Snakes
All the snakes on this page are Non-Venomous.
Common Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta
Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula
Red Belly Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster
Black Racer Coluber constrictor
Brown Snake Storeria dekayi
Pine Woods Snake Rhadinaea flavilata
Pine Snake Pituophis melanoleucus
Giant Garter Snake Thamnophis gigas
Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus
Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus
Coachwhip Snake Masticophis flagellum
Scarlet Snake Cemophora coccinea
Checkered Garter Snake Thamnophis marcianus
Brown Water Snake Nerodia taxispilota
Diamondback Water Snake Nerodia rhombifer
Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos
Western Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus
Eastern Indigo Snake Drymarchon corais
Narrowhead Garter Snake Thamnophis rufipunctatus
Northwestern Garter Snake Thamnophis ordinoides
Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix
Shorthead Gater Snake Thamnophis brachystoma
Western Blind Snake Leptotyphlops humilis
Texas Blind Snake Leptotyphlops dulcis
Lyre Snake Trimorphodon biscutatus
Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum
Rough Earth Snake Virginia striatula
Smooth Earth Snake Virginia valeriae
Ground Snake Sonora semiannulata
Short-tailed Snake
Redbelly Snake
Mexican Blackhead Snake
Southeastern Crowned Snake
Flathead Snake
Southwestern Blackhead Snake
Plains Blackhead Snake
Rim Rock Crowned Snake
Western Blackhead Snake
Florida Crowned Snake
Big Bend Blackhead Snake
Chihuahuan Blackhead Snake
Yaqui Blackhead Snake
Santa Cruz Garter Snake
Night Snake
Gray-banded Kingsnake
Prairie Kingsnake
Sonora Mountain Kingsnake
Milk Snake
California Mountain Kingsnake
Cat-eyed Snake
Sonoran Whipsnake
Striped Racer
Striped Whipsnake
Salt Marsh Snake
Mississippi Green Water Snake
Plainbelly Water Snake
Southern Water Snake
Florida Green Water Snake
Brazos Water Snake
Concho Water Snake
Nothern Water SnakeBrown
Water Snake
Rough Green Snake
Smooth Green Snake
Mexican Vine Snake
Saddle Leafnose Snake
Spotted Leafnose Snake
Gopher Snake
Striped Crayfish Snake
Graham’s Crayfish Snake
Glossy Crayfish Snake
Queen Snake
Longnose Snake
Big Bend Patchnose Snake
Mountain Patchnose Snake
Western Patchnose Snake
Black Swamp Snake
Green Rat Snake
Glossy Snake
Baja California
Rat Snake
Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
Worm Snake
Scarlet Snake
Banded Sand Snake
Western Shovelnose Snake
Sonoran Shovelnose Snake
Kirtland’s Snake
Black-striped Snake
Sharptail Snake
Ringneck Snake
Speckled Racer
Baird’s Rat Snake
Emory’s Rat Snake
Corn Snake
Slowinski’s Corn Snake
Fox Snake
Mud Snake
Rainbow Snake
Mexican Hooknose Snake
Western Hooknose Snake
Desert Hooknose Snake
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Venomous Snakes
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Venomous Snakes
The snakes below are all venomous. If you ever find one stay away from it.
Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix
Cottonmouth ( Water-Moccasin ) Agkistrodon piscivorus
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus
Pygmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius
Eastern Coral Snake Micrurus fulvius
Western Coral Snake Micruroides euryxanthus
Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotelus atrox
Speckled Rattlesnake Crotalus mitchellii
Sidewinder Crotalus cerastes
Rock Rattlesnake Crotalus lepidus
Mojave Rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus
Massasauga Rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus
Blacktail Rattlesnake Crotalus molossus
Lower California rattlesnake Crotalus enyo
Canebrake Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus
Twin-spotted Rattlesnake Crotalus pricei
Western Rattlesnakes Crotalus viridis
Red Diamond Rattlesnake Crotalus ruber
Tiger Rattlesnake Crotalus tigris
Ridgenose Rattlesnake Crotalus willardi
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