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The beautiful rainbow snake, aka eel moccasin, hails from southeastern United States. These nonvenomous colubrids are arguably the most beautiful snake in North America. Even though they face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of wetland drainage, residential, and commercial developments; hunting; and trapping for the […]

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The bog turtle can be found in the eastern and northeastern United States. They prefer bogs, calcareous wetlands (locations containing lime), meadows, spring seeps, marshes, and habitats containing both wet and dry regions. Sadly, these turtles are faced with many threats. These threats are habitat loss and destruction at the […]

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The eastern coral snake, aka common coral snake or American cobra, hails from the southeastern portion of the United States. These venomous snakes are sometimes confused with the Texas or Sonoran coral snakes. All of which are highly venomous. The eastern coral snake is touted as being one of, if […]

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