Snake Control Services
Texas Snake Control – Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin
Humans are not typically prey of snakes; however, snake will attack people of the snake is injured or surprised. Furthermore, most non-venomous snakes pose no immediate threat to people, but even the bite from non-venomous snakes can get infected and present problems in the future.
Venomous snakes are another matter. 250 species of venomous snake can kill a human with a single bite, and several other species can cause severe problems and complications to humans. Even worse, many anti-venom for snake bites are monovalent, species specific, as opposed to being polyvalent, being to treat multiple species’ snakebites.
The US has many venomous species of snakes that are all pit vipers except for the coral snake. These snakes use their venom to paralyze or even kill their victims. This venom is injected into the prey from the snake’s fangs and it can even act as a pre-digestant. The venom is a mix of neurotoxins, bungarotoxins, hemotoxins, and cytotoxins and is stored in glands located at the back of the snake’s head.
Here is just a small portion of snakes that are found in Texas:
- New Mexico Blind Snake
- Plains Blind Snake
- Trans-Pecos Blind Snake
- Texas Glossy Snake
- Kansas Glossy Snake
- Painted Desert Glossy Snake
- Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
- Texas Scarlet Snake
- Mexican Racer
- Southern Black Racer
- Black-striped Snake
- Texas Rat Snake
- Mexican Hooknose Snake
- Eastern Hognose Snake
- Central Texas Whip snake
- Desert Striped Whip snake
- Texas Brown Snake
- Western Ribbon Snake
- Texas Lyre Snake
- Texas Coral Snake
- Southern Copperhead
- Broad-banded Copperhead
- Western Cottonmouth
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Timber Rattlesnake
- Rock Rattlesnake
- Mojave Rattlesnake
- Desert Massasauga
- Western Pigmy Rattlesnake