VIRGINIA (DC News Now ... Officials said the Northern Ring-necked Snake, Eastern Ratsnake (aka Blacksnake), Black Racer, and Northern Watersnake, are often misidentified as a Cottonmouth ...

(WBOY) — Eastern hognose snakes are one of the 23 species of snakes found in West Virginia, and according ... from almost golden to solid black, they can easily be identified by their upturned ...