The simplest and most sure-fire way to reduce the risk of human fatalities is to avoid interacting with a large constrictor. In suburban areas and parks in Florida that contain ponds, canals or other bodies of water where large snakes could feel at home, the situation is likely similar to that experienced with alligators: attacks are improbable but possible in any locality where the animals are present and people are also present. We cannot categorically rule out the possibility of a fatal attack. There have been no human deaths from wild-living Burmese pythons in Florida. All known constrictor-snake fatalities in the United States are from captive snakes these are split between deaths of snake owners who were purposefully interacting with their pet and deaths of small children or infants in homes where a snake was kept captive as a pet. 2) Timber Rattlesnake - Another widespread species across the east, which only lives in the. They can be quickly identified by a bright yellowish underbelly, with juveniles having roughly the same coloring as adults. The male Black Widow Spider is only a quarter the size of the female and is not considered harmful to humans, but his bite happy wife is. The male may be black with yellow markings. It inhabits only the very northern reaches of Florida, and is not present in the peninsula, or down here in Orlando, where I work. Range: Most Florida counties One of the smallest types of non-venomous snakes found in Florida is the ring-necked snake, with adults only reaching between 8 and 14 inches long. This poisonous spider is easily identifiable as it is black with a red hourglass shape on its abdomen, although some have a single or double red spot. Invasive populations typically occur when pet snakes escape or are illegally released. 1) Copperhead - This is a common venomous snake across the eastern US. Four venomous snakes haunt the Florida Keys. Human fatalities from non-venomous snakes are very rare, probably averaging one or two per year worldwide. Here is a brief list of Florida's poisonous snakes.
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