Welcome to Snake Week 2025 at azcentral.com. Every day from June 23 through June 29, Ultimate Arizona reporter Tiffany Acosta will bring you a new story about Arizona's favorite slithering reptiles.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Arizona, we have it all, scorpions, snakes and yes, even rats. Specifically, roof rats and before you panic, no, they aren’t ...

Arizona has 13 species of rattlesnakes and one coral snake species. Snakes are most active from March to October. Rattlesnakes have distinct features like a triangular head and vertical pupils.

The gopher snake is Arizona's largest snake, sometimes reaching lengths of over seven feet. Despite their intimidating size and defensive hissing, gopher snakes are non-venomous and harmless to humans ...

Gopher snakes, kingsnakes, coachwhips and glossy snakes are common nonvenomous snakes in Arizona. Nonvenomous snakes are generally harmless, they can bite if threatened. Their bites can cause minor ...