PA Snakes

Which species of snake is this?

• black rat snake (Eastern black snake)

• Eastern garter snake

• Eastern hognose

• Eastern milk snake

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Identify this snake.

• eastern garter

• black rat snake

• eastern hognose

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Identify this snake.

• eastern black rat

• eastern hognose

• eastern garter

• eastern milk snake

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Identify this snake.

• eastern hognose

• eastern black rat snake

• eastern milk snake

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This snake is one of PA's most helpful snakes, but is killed by accident because it is often mistaken for the venomous copperhead.

• eastern milk snake

• eastern black rat snake

• eastern garter snake

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

This snake is more active than others during the day. It also has musk glands that smell to keep away predators.

• garter snake

• milk snake

This snake has a very cool defense mechanism. It will lay flat on the ground like water snakes, which it is actually related to.

• milk snake

• hognose

• garter

This snake is found near water where it finds most of its food. It also likes moist places like meadows, marshes, and damp woodlands.

• garter

• hognose

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

This is the largest of the indigenous species of PA.

• garter

• black rat

• hognose

This snake is more active during the day throughout the cooler months of spring and autumn. It becomes more nocturnal during the summer and prefers cool places in the hot daytime.

• black rat snake

• garter

• hognose