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Venomous & Non-Venomous Snakes in NM
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Venomous and
Non-Venomous Snakes in New Mexico
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 Venomous
snakes have triangular heads, elliptical pupils, and upper jaws with
fangs. They also have belly plates that extend all the way across
their bodies to their blunt or rounded tails.
A number of venomous and non-venomous snakes live in our
area. Venomous
snakes include the prairie, western diamondback, rock, Mojave, ridgenose
and massasauga rattlesnakes and the coral snake.
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Non-Venomous snakes that
live in New Mexico
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Non-venomous snakes have rounded heads, rounded pupils, sharp teeth and
no fangs. Their belly plates are in two sections to their sharp,
pointed tails.
Non-venomous snakes include the bull or gopher snake, seven species of
garter snake, hognose snake, western coach whip snake, desert king
snake, New Mexico milk snake, water snake, and corn snake.
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