here are several types of snakes found in Virginia that you might encounter on the local trails! Virginia has three types of venomous snakes and several more types of nonvenomous snakes.

Out of the three venomous snakes in Virginia — copperhead, timber rattlesnake and cottonmouth — the copperhead is the least toxic, he said. "Your chances of ever dying from a copperhead bite ...

Pick your poison? Not here. There are more than 30 types of snakes in Virginia, but only three are venomous: northern copperheads, rattlesnakes and eastern cottonmouths (also known as water ...

The good news: Virginia’s snakes can bite, they can even be venomous, but they likely won’t kill you. “It’s really a rare occurrence,” Christopher Holstege, director of the Blue Ridge ...

While most snakes found natively in Virginia are not venomous, the three that are should be carefully, and steadfastly, avoided. The most common of the three, copperheads are found statewide and ...