There are more than 50 types of snakes in Mississippi and six of them are venomous. It’s important to practice caution any time you come across a snake until you are sure of what type it is.

blue-black body; the reddish-orange hue on its chin, throat and cheeks; and its large size, as long as 7 feet from nose to tail, which makes it the longest native snake in the United States. It lives ...