This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A rare snake died while ...

KEY LARGO, Fla. - For the first time in four years, researchers said, the rarest snake in North America was spotted earlier this year in Florida, but it appears its eyes may have been too big for its ...

One of America's rarest snakes has been found dead in Florida, having choked on a giant centipede. The Tantilla oolitica, also known as the rim rock crowned snake, was found in the John Pennekamp ...

One of America's rarest snakes has been found dead in Florida, after scientists say it choked on a giant centipede. The rim rock crowned snake (Tantilla oolitica) was found by a hiker in the John ...

KEY LARGO, Fla. (Gray News) - A rare snake in Florida was killed while eating a centipede, which officials say is uncommon. The animals were found dead at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key ...

The rim rock crowned snake has been on Florida's list of threatened species since 1975. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The rim ...

One of America’s rarest snakes was found in Florida after it choked to death on a giant centipede. Scientists say that the rim rock crowned snake was discovered in the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State ...

FWRI says other species of crowned snake often eat centipedes, but this is the first known record of a rim rock crowned snake eating a centipede. Officials say crowned snakes are usually immune to the ...