Snakes in Maryland

Maryland has around 27 snake species, of which two, the timber rattlesnake and eastern copperhead, are venomous, mainly inhabiting the western part of the state. The biggest snake living here is the eastern rat snake, 42-72 inches long. The DeKay’s Brownsnake, on the other hand, is the state’s smallest.

In quite a recent incident, a a 49-year-old man of Maryland’s Charles County, having more than a hundred venomous and non-venomous snakes in his home, fell prey to snake envenomation, losing his life.

Groups	Venomous	Non-venomous
Rattlesnakes	Timber Rattlesnake	–
Pit Vipers	Eastern Copperhead
Water Snakes	–	Common Watersnake Plain-bellied Watersnake
Garter Snakes	–	Common Gartersnake Eastern Ribbonsnake
Kingsnakes	–	Common Kingsnake Northern Mole Kingsnake Milk Snake Coastal Plain Milk Snake
Hognose Snakes		Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Opheodrys	–	Smooth Green Snake Rough Green Snake
Regina	–	Queen Snake
Virginia	–	Smooth Earth Snake Mountain Earth Snake
Storeria	–	DeKay’s Brownsnake Redbelly Snake
Pantherophis	–	Corn Snake Black Rat Snake Eastern Rat Snake
Cemophora	–	Scarlet Snake
Coluber	–	Eastern Racer
Farancia	–	Rainbow Snake
Pituophis	–	Pine Snake
Carphophis	–	Worm Snake
Diadophis		Northern Ring-necked Snake Southern Ring-necked Snake