black rat snake, northern black racer and northern brown snake. Suburban areas will likely come across only the last three, though many other kinds can be found in wooded, sandy and wetland areas.

According to an excerpt from the "Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of New Jersey," the northern copperhead snake can be 22-53 inches long. "The Copperhead, with its red-brown ground color ...

The northern brown snake, which the person who captured the photo identified the intruder as, is fast and highly venomous. The encounter could have been a lot worse. “I definitely would have ...

In short: Peter Marchal discovered a juvenile eastern brown snake was caught in a redback spider's web at Beachport. He said it was not the first time he's seen a hatchling caught by a redback ...