Type of snakes you have seen in your area???

[Crawdad]

I grew up in (and still live in) Alabama, and as a kid I used to go play in the creeks and streams in the woods near our house. I've been chased by cottonmouths plenty of times! Have also encountered:

Cottonmouths/water mocs are by far the most common, and they are mean as hell and will charge you and chase you down if you come too near them. These were by far the most common venomous snake we encountered. They hide near the edges of creeks and streams, and will even chase you up stream. As a kid it seemed like a game. Looking back, the way we messed with them was just stupid .

Timber/canebreak rattlers quite often and they are pretty mellow.

Eastern Diamondbacks were found laying across trails while hiking regularly, and they are pretty easily hooked with a stick and removed from the trail.

A million ribbon and garter snakes of any number of sizes, shapes, and colors . These snakes are fun, and generally didn't ever have a problem being picked up and carried around by us snot-nosed kids.

Water snakes are always present in rivers and lakes, usually hiding in or around piers and docks. I always avoided these snakes, so I don't know much about them. I do know that they were never aggressive, and always hid just out of sight while humans were around.

There are also ridiculous amounts of corn and king snakes, which are pretty grouchy but harmless in the wild.

I've seen copperheads in the wild as well but I have never seen enough or approached enough to know how their temperament is. They tend to hide pretty well, and off the beaten path.