Snakes and spiders in Osage County, Oklahoma

Yes. The broad-banded copperhead: 11 licensed records, 6% of all Oklahoma records of it. The eastern copperhead: 9 licensed records, 3% of all Oklahoma records of it. The western massasauga: 8 licensed records, 8% of all Oklahoma records of it. The timber rattlesnake: 3 licensed records, 3% of all Oklahoma records of it. The brown recluse: 9 licensed records, 7% of all Oklahoma records of it. The southern black widow: 3 licensed records, 5% of all Oklahoma records of it.

In all, 24 snake species are on the Osage County list. The most recorded are the western ground snake (109), the flathead snake (37) and the plain-bellied watersnake (17).

Observation records of snakes in Osage County run mostly April through October, peaking in May with 25% of them, the same peak as Oklahoma as a whole.

In all, 29 spider species are on the Osage County list. The most recorded are the flea jumping spider (68), the bold jumper (56) and the dimorphic jumper (51). Osage County holds more than half of all Oklahoma records of the grayish jumping spider, Habronattus coecatus, the high eye-lashed jumping spider and the orbus paradise spider.

Observation records of spiders in Osage County run mostly March through October, peaking in April with 27% of them; across Oklahoma the peak is September.

Species for which Osage County holds a large share of all Oklahoma records: the orbus paradise spider, 92% (22 of 24); the grayish jumping spider, 78% (40 of 51); Pelegrina pervaga, 75% (15 of 20); the high eye-lashed jumping spider, 71% (39 of 55); the slender ant mimicking jumping spider, 67% (14 of 21); Habronattus coecatus, 65% (40 of 62); the ribbon jumping spider, 60% (12 of 20); the flea jumping spider, 47% (68 of 144).

Among the snakes most recorded across Oklahoma, these do not reach the county list: the northern cottonmouth (429 statewide) and the western diamondback rattlesnake (417 statewide). Few records here can mean the species is rare in the county, or that few people have looked.

Among the spiders most recorded across Oklahoma, these do not reach the county list: the striped lynx spider (98 statewide). Few records here can mean the species is rare in the county, or that few people have looked.

Copperheads are on the county list, and so are harmless species often taken for them: the plain-bellied watersnake, the eastern hog-nosed snake, the northern water snake and the central plains milksnake. No cottonmouths reach the county list, but the northern cottonmouth is on the Oklahoma list: treat any snake like it as venomous until identified. Harmless species often taken for them here: the plain-bellied watersnake, the diamondback water snake and the northern water snake. Rattlesnakes are on the county list, and so are harmless species often taken for them: the eastern hog-nosed snake. No coral snakes reach the county list, and GBIF holds no coral snake record for Oklahoma under any license, so one reported here is most likely a harmless lookalike: the central plains milksnake.

By licensed snake records Osage County ranks 11th of 77 Oklahoma counties with any.

Other Oklahoma counties with their own page: Tulsa County, Comanche County, LeFlore County, Cleveland County, McCurtain County, Okmulgee County, Marshall County and Rogers County.

The whole state: venomous species in Oklahoma, all snakes, all spiders.