what states do snakes live in
(Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife.). Three species of garter snakes occur in Washington. Small garter snakes eat earthworms and slugs; larger snakes include amphibians, small rodents, nestling birds, and fish in their diet. Garter snakes survive in suburbia and towns because they give birth to live young, and so do not require safe places for their eggs.
Its habitat, in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and sometimes in Oklahoma due to floods in the Red River, is separated from the eastern habitat by the Mississippi River. The coral snake population is most dense in the southeast United States, but coral snakes have been spotted as far north as Kentucky. The Arizona coral snake, clearly a separate species and genus, is found in central and southern Arizona, extreme southwestern New Mexico and southward to Sinaloa in western Mexico.
Oahu, State of Hawaii, in the Central Pacific was a snake-free oceanic island until snakes began appearing in ship and air traffic from the mainland and other island areas. In recent years, 20-30 snakes per year have been discovered in Hawaii.