More than 40 species of snakes can be found in Oklahoma, but only a handful ... cottonmouth and rattlesnake. Eastern copperheads are stocky snakes with a coppery-colored head and keeled scales ...

The sound of a rattlesnake's shaking tail can evoke a visceral response of fear in almost anyone. But in reality, snakes like the eastern massasauga have more reason to fear us than we have to fear ...

An eastern massasauga rattlesnake, a protected species, was recently killed at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols ...

The eastern massasauga is a small rattlesnake that was once widespread and common but is now threatened in approximately 75 percent of its range. It is protected in every state or province where it ...

Wildlife experts Joe and Suzanne Collins display a massasauga, a small rattlesnake ... “moss-ah-SAUG-wah” — is found throughout the eastern half of Kansas. It has a gray or light brown ...

The massasauga rattlesnake is found in the eastern two-thirds of the state, the KDWP website said. It is capable of growing up to 2 feet, 9 and a half inches long, the pocket guide said.

As the weather improves and Oklahomans head back outside, here is a guide on how to identify venomous snakes like the copperhead, cottonmouth and rattlesnake ... eastern part of the state. In ...