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How common is it to see snakes in urban or dense suburban areas that aren't near any woods or water?
I saw a big snake on a parking lot in Springfield, IL. I couldn't believe my eyes. I have no idea where that thing could've came from. Could've there been a chance it was a pet, and someone was playing a prank?
Springfield has quite a bit of water around it, where did you see it? I've never scene a snake in an urban area (not that I remember anyway), but more suburban areas sure depending upon whats near by.
I've seen small garter snakes in wild overgrown vacant lots of only a few acres in the middle of fairly busy, built up suburban areas growing up and living in the Chicago suburbs.
In greater LA, we certainly have rattlesnakes, gopher snakes, and king snakes in the wild chaparral covered hillsides in the parks that but up right against residential areas. (Especially king snakes seem to found in the most random places).
Right in the middle of concrete, with no natural vegetation around? No. They are too shy and secretive for that.
Certain lizard species in both California and Florida can be seen right in the middle of built up suburbs, but I think even there there might be some overgrown areas close by.
How common is it to see snakes in urban or dense suburban areas that aren't near any woods or water?
I saw a big snake on a parking lot in Springfield, IL. I couldn't believe my eyes. I have no idea where that thing could've came from. Could've there been a chance it was a pet, and someone was playing a prank?
You never know. This is more common than one might think. And can be a big problem too. Non native, invasive snakes have wreaked ecological havoc.
They are trying to eradicate invasive burmese pythons in the everglades. (open season). On some pacific islands even worse.
You'll see garter snakes everywhere in the Twin Cities; they're actually very well adapted to urban environments. Skinks, too.
Bigger snakes like bull snakes don't like urban environments, and anything venomous is definitely not a problem because our climate kills rattlers.
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