venomous snakes Crossword

Young look like miniature adults, but with yellowish or greenish tails
: A number of these snakes were deliberately released in the Verdigris River in Montgomery County in the mid 1970s; these snakes may no longer exist there today.
During the winter, snakes brumate in dens, in limestone crevices, often together with copperheads and black rat snakes
Flatten into rings on the tail. Males usually have more rings than female snakes
Smallest rattlesnake in Kansas
plays dead
are Robust Rear-fanged Snakes
Eats earthworms
When touched on the head, the will often react by curling its tail and exposing the brilliant orange-red underside in an attempt to startle possible predators
Only harmless serpent in Kansas with pupils that are vertically slit when exposed to light.
Largest snake in Kansas(bullsnake)
Red touches yellow, kill a fellow Red touches black, a friend of jack
Constrictor. Feeds on small mammals, small snakes and lizards
The species belongs to the genus "Nerodia", all of which are found only in North America