6. California
Venomous snakes count: 10
All venomous snakes of California belong to Crotalus genus, i.e. all of them are rattlesnake species. Most commonly encountered venomous California’s snakes are western diamond rattlesnakes, which are spread throughout most of the territory. California’s venomous snakes are: Colorado desert sidewinder, great basin rattlesnake, Mojave desert sidewinder, Mojave rattlesnake, northern pacific rattlesnake, panamint speckled rattlesnake, red diamond rattlesnake, southern pacific rattlesnake, southwestern speckled rattlesnake and western diamondback rattlesnake. Yellow bellied snakes, which inhabit warm waters of Pacific and coastal areas of its tropical belt sometimes get stranded on California’s shore. They are very venomous snakes, but they are not put on our list because they are not indigenous species to California, and they are rarely found on its shores.
