Eastern pine snakes are known for their distinctive hissing sounds, which they produce by forcing air through their windpipe, a behavior that helps them deter predators. 2. Northern Pine Snake ...

The docile, nonvenomous eastern indigo snake is known for its lustrous ... It lives in Florida, south Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, preferring mature longleaf-pine habitat, where it seeks out ...

But less than 2 or 3 percent of the original habitat's pine coverage remains, and habitat loss and fragmentation is causing sharp declines in the snake's numbers. The eastern diamondback is also ...