Snakes by state
Location is the fastest way to narrow an identification. Four states — Maine, Rhode Island, Alaska and Hawaii — have no venomous snakes at all, and most of the rest have only one or two.
Alabama6 venomousAlaskanone venomousArizona8 venomousArkansas6 venomousCalifornia4 venomousColorado2 venomousConnecticut2 venomousDelaware1 venomousFlorida4 venomousGeorgia6 venomousHawaiinone venomousIdaho2 venomousIllinois4 venomousIndiana4 venomousIowa4 venomousKansas4 venomousKentucky4 venomousLouisiana7 venomousMainenone venomousMaryland2 venomousMassachusetts1 venomousMichigan1 venomousMinnesota1 venomousMississippi6 venomousMissouri5 venomousMontana1 venomousNebraska3 venomousNevada4 venomousNew Hampshire1 venomousNew Jersey2 venomousNew Mexico6 venomousNew York3 venomousNorth Carolina6 venomousNorth Dakota1 venomousOhio3 venomousOklahoma7 venomousOregon1 venomousPennsylvania3 venomousRhode Islandnone venomousSouth Carolina6 venomousSouth Dakota1 venomousTennessee4 venomousTexas10 venomousUtah4 venomousVermont1 venomousVirginia4 venomousWashington1 venomousWest Virginia2 venomousWisconsin2 venomousWyoming1 venomous