TEXAS SNAKES: Enjoy the outdoors, and watch where you 
step ... on Passport to Texas.
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife 

Cool autumn temperatures lure many of us from the four 
walls of our homes into the wide-open spaces of state 
parks for picnics, hikes and campouts. When outdoors, 
remember that snakes are all around us. Whether or not 
you see them may depend on where you are. 

If you're up in the Panhandle, or north Texas, they're definitely 
getting inactive. But, south of San Antonio, and on down into 
the valley, snakes can be active all year round - although they'll 
be less so. :10

Andy Price is a herpetologist with Parks and Wildlife. Of 
the seventy five to eighty kinds of snakes we have in 
Texas, twelve are venomous.

I think the statistics show that there is about one fatality a year 
in Texas, on average. That doesn't mean a snake bite isn't a 
serious medical situation. But, if you get the proper medical 
treatment, you'll survive. :12

Your best defense is to learn about the snakes in your 
area ... and to keep a respectful distance.

It's good to be careful about anything that you don't 
understand that has a potentially harmful consequence to it, But 
on the other hand, if you live in Texas, snakes are a given. And 
it's incumbent upon you to know something about the 
environment around you, whether it's fire ants, Africanized 
honeybees, or whatever the case may be. And, snakes are not 
different. :18

Find suggested reading on snakes at passporttotexas.org.

That's our show for today ... For Texas Parks and 
Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti. 





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