The Pensacola Snake Watch is a program where residents in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties report on the snakes they encounter while going through their normal day. This provides information to residents as to which species of snakes are most likely to be encountered, and what time of year. There are a total of 40 species/subspecies that could be encountered in the bay area. Six are venomous and two of these (the copperhead and timber rattlesnake) are very rare here.
Here is the July 2025 report.
July 2025
3 reports – 3 species.
The low number of encounters could be due to the excessive heat we experienced during the month, or the decline in reporting by the public. It was hot and many of our regular reporters mentioned not seeing snakes in July.
The three species were (1) Scarlet Snake (first of the year), (2) Southern Black Racer, (3) Eastern Coachwhip.
Summer 2025
July is the first month of summer reporting – same as above. There has been a lot of rain in August and encounters are increasing.
Spring 2025
57 reports – 15 species – Eastern Ribbon Snake most encountered species.
There were 3 encounters with venomous snakes – 2 with the cottonmouth, 1 with the eastern diamondback rattlesnake.
Winter 2025
19 reports – 10 species – Banded Water Snake most encountered species.
There were 2 encounters with venomous snakes – 1 with the cottonmouth, 1 with the eastern diamondback rattlesnake.
Current total for 2025
85 reports – 18 species (45% of total) – 3 most common encountered are:
- Eastern Ribbon Snake
- Southern Black Racer
- Banded Water Snake
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