Photo credits

Snake photos on this site come from photographers who share their work under open licenses on Wikimedia Commons. Thank you. Field photos are from the Southern Snake Lady crew. Illustrations by Southern Snake Lady.

  • Eastern Garter Snake: Glenn Bartolotti, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Eastern Garter Snake: Christina Butler from Georgia, United States, CC BY 2.0
  • Southern Black Racer: Bobyellow, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Southern Black Racer: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Eastern Rat Snake: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0
  • Eastern Rat Snake: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0
  • Scarlet Snake: Stanton, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Scarlet Snake: Glenn Bartolotti, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Scarlet Kingsnake: Peter Paplanus from St. Louis, Missouri, CC BY 2.0
  • Scarlet Kingsnake: MH Herpetology, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Florida Brown Snake: Sreejithk2000, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • DeKay's Brownsnake (fallback for Florida Brown Snake): NCBioTeacher, CC0
  • Banded Watersnake: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0
  • Banded Watersnake: lwolfartist, CC BY 2.0
  • Banded Watersnake: Sandhillcrane, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Pinewoods Littersnake: MH Herpetology, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Pinewoods Littersnake: Gentry George, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain
  • Corn Snake: Peter Paplanus from St. Louis, Missouri, CC BY 2.0
  • Corn Snake: Peter Paplanus, CC BY 2.0
  • Florida Green Watersnake: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0
  • Florida Green Watersnake: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0
  • Brown Watersnake: MH Herpetology, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Brown Watersnake: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain
  • Copperhead: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0
  • Copperhead: Steve Karg, CC BY 2.5
  • Cottonmouth: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0
  • Cottonmouth: ddbrooke, CC BY 4.0
  • Cottonmouth: Rstanton13, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Cottonmouth: Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, CC BY 2.0
  • Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake: Peter Paplanus from St. Louis, Missouri, CC BY 2.0
  • Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake: Snakecollector, CC BY 2.0
  • Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake: Laura Gaudette, CC BY 4.0
  • Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake: Adam Cushen, CC BY 4.0
  • Eastern Coral Snake: (c) Court Harding, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
  • Eastern Coral Snake: no rights reserved, CC0
  • Eastern Coral Snake: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain
  • Timber Rattlesnake (canebrake): Glenn Bartolotti, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Timber Rattlesnake (canebrake): NPS Photo, Public domain
  • Pine flatwoods habitat: Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, FL, USA, CC BY 2.0
  • Pine flatwoods habitat: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0
  • Cypress swamp habitat: Antonio Chaves, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Cypress swamp habitat: nick hoke, CC BY 3.0
  • Habitat loss / land clearing: Paul Conklin, Public domain
  • Habitat loss / land clearing: City of Greenville, North Carolina, Public domain
  • Snakes and roads: The Bushranger, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Snakes and roads: Kong of Lasers, CC BY 3.0
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