Venomous animals by state

Which snakes, spiders, scorpions and lizards with venom live where you are, how to tell them from harmless look-alikes, and when they are out. Built from 95,420 open records of 40 species.

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Alabama: 10 venomous speciesAlaska: 0 venomous speciesArizona: 22 venomous speciesArkansas: 11 venomous speciesCalifornia: 14 venomous speciesColorado: 8 venomous speciesConnecticut: 3 venomous speciesDelaware: 2 venomous speciesFlorida: 10 venomous speciesGeorgia: 11 venomous speciesHawaii: 3 venomous speciesIdaho: 3 venomous speciesIllinois: 7 venomous speciesIndiana: 5 venomous speciesIowa: 6 venomous speciesKansas: 10 venomous speciesKentucky: 7 venomous speciesLouisiana: 12 venomous speciesMaine: 1 venomous speciesMaryland: 3 venomous speciesMassachusetts: 3 venomous speciesMichigan: 2 venomous speciesMinnesota: 2 venomous speciesMississippi: 9 venomous speciesMissouri: 10 venomous speciesMontana: 3 venomous speciesNebraska: 8 venomous speciesNevada: 12 venomous speciesNew Hampshire: 2 venomous speciesNew Jersey: 3 venomous speciesNew Mexico: 16 venomous speciesNew York: 4 venomous speciesNorth Carolina: 10 venomous speciesNorth Dakota: 2 venomous speciesOhio: 5 venomous speciesOklahoma: 12 venomous speciesOregon: 3 venomous speciesPennsylvania: 4 venomous speciesRhode Island: 1 venomous speciesSouth Carolina: 9 venomous speciesSouth Dakota: 2 venomous speciesTennessee: 7 venomous speciesTexas: 18 venomous speciesUtah: 11 venomous speciesVermont: 2 venomous speciesVirginia: 4 venomous speciesWashington: 3 venomous speciesWest Virginia: 3 venomous speciesWisconsin: 3 venomous speciesWyoming: 4 venomous species
Venomous species with a known population in each state.

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