 FACT: House questions the students about what kind of snake could  have bitten the farmer and says three venomous snakes are native to  New Jersey: the copperhead, rattlesnake, and coral snake. Only the  copperhead and timber rattlesnake inhabit New Jersey. The only  places to find coral snakes in the United States are in the south:  South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,  Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.