Common Garden Snakes

The phrase "snake in the grass" connotes a hidden enemy, but many of the snakes in your Florida landscape are actually allies—their diet consists largely of rodents, something you definitely don't want.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Florida Museum of Natural History: How to Get Along with Snakes
• Nonvenomous Snakes Around the Yard
• Q&A: Snakes

UF/IFAS Publications

• Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Identifying Commonly Encountered Snakes
• Home and Garden: Snakes (PDF)
• Rat and Mouse Control

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Other Sites

• How Can I Get Snakes Out of My Yard?--New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service
• Snakes Are a Link in the Food Chain--University of Massachusetts Amherst Extension
• Snakes Are One of the Garden's Best Defenders--Oregon Statesman Journal
• Snakes of Wisconsin Really Are Helpful--University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension
• Snakes Provide Good Pest Control in the Garden--Oregon State University Extension Service
• Snakes Usually Don't Bother Us Unless We Bother Them--Newnan (GA) Times-Herald
• No Fear, But Snakes Are Here--Georgia Wildlife Resources Division