PENSACOLA SNAKE WATCH – AUGUST REPORT       

August was a bit cooler than July, and more snakes were reported.  For July only 3 snakes were reported, and we had 16 reported for August.  Below are both the July and August reports

JULY SNAKE ENCOUNTERS

Scarlet Snake                               Santa Rosa (Ken Beatty) FIRST OF THE YEAR!

Southern Black Racer                Santa Rosa (Phil Moon)

Eastern Coachwhip                    Escambia (Ricky Stackhouse)

AUGUST SNAKE ENCOUNTERS

Cottonmouth                                Escambia (Vicki Miller)

Santa Rosa (Shelia Edwards)

Escambia (Jen Aicher Powell) – 2

Florida Pine Woods                     Santa Rosa (Shelia Edwards)

Southern Black Racer                Escambia (Bryan Olsen)

Escambia (Jen Aicher Powell)

Escambia (Molly O’Connor)

Gray Rat Snake                             Escambia (Bryan Olsen)

Escambia (Lauren Mate)

Eastern Ribbon Snake               Escambia (Lauren Mate)

Florida Red-Bellied                     Santa Rosa (Lyn Riffel)

Eastern Coral Snake                   Santa Rosa (Ashley Rogers)

Banded Water Snake                  Escambia (Lauren Mate)

Rough green snake                     Escambia (Molly O’Connor)

Eastern Garter Snake                 Escambia (Jen Aicher Powell)

SEPTEMBER SNAKE ENCOUNTERS

Cottonmouth                   Escambia (Jen Aircher Powell)

2025

Winter – 19 reports, 10 species, most common – Banded water snake

Spring – 57 reports, 15 species, most common – Eastern Ribbon Snake

Summer – 19 reports, 12 species, most common – Southern Black Racer and the Cottonmouth  

PENSACOLA BAY SNAKE WATCH

This project involves having area residents report any snakes they may encounter when out and about.  We would like to know when you saw it, where you saw it, and what type of snake it was – please send photo for confirmation.

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