Steve Creek Outdoors

Rough Green Snakes can be found in hilly areas where it frequents dry, sparse woodland habitat. They are very good climbers and often bask in low trees and bushes on sunny days. The Rough Green Snake preys mostly on insects such as grasshoppers and spiders. When threatened, it freezes in place and waits for an [...]

Speckled kingsnakes are well respected by most of the rural folks. Most of them are well aware of their appetite for rodents, although they unknowingly think that they primarily seek out and eat predominately venomous snakes. They DO eat venomous snakes but only as opportunistic feeders. They eat what is available to them, [...]

Like most North American viperids, these snakes prefer to avoid humans and, given the opportunity, will leave the area without biting. However, unlike other viperids they will often “freeze” instead of slithering away, and as a result many bites occur from people unknowingly stepping on or near them. This tendency to freeze likely evolved because [...]

This is the world’s only semiaquatic viper, usually being found in or near water, particularly in slow-moving and shallow lakes and streams. Many of the common names refer to the fact that, when threatened, this species will often stand its ground and gape at an intruder, exposing the white lining of its mouth.
Juvenile and subadult [...]

Like all pit vipers, the copperhead is an ambush predator: it takes up a promising position and waits for suitable prey to arrive. In the southern United States, they are nocturnal during the hot summer months, but are commonly active during the day during the spring and fall.

Despite the name Prairie Kingsnake, this species can be found in a variety of habitats, including woodland, agricultural fields, and, of course, natural prairies. (They are less common in more heavily forested areas.) Favorite hiding spots include: old rock walls, underneath tin and other debris, and in animal burrows. This species can be especially common [...]

This species eats a variety of warm-blooded prey, not just rats as the name implies. Any mammal or bird that is slow enough to catch and small enough to eat is fair game. Bird eggs are also a favorite.
While this species usually hunts by actively seeking after prey, it is also opportunistic and is certain [...]