Texas is very rich in snake diversity with over 100 different species and subspecies of snake. However, only 15 of those are venomous. The first thing we need to identify is the term venomous. Venomous animals are often incorrectly referred to as poisonous, but there is a difference. An animal that injects venom, using something sharp like a stinger or teeth, is venomous. An animal that makes you sick when you eat it is poisonous.
The roadrunner is a bird named because of its ability to run quickly. Roadrunners are in the cuckoo family. In Latin, the scientific name Geococcyx californianus actually means Californian earth-cuckoo. In Texas we have the Greater Roadrunner, one of two species or types of roadrunners found in the world. The other type, the Lesser Roadrunner, lives in Central America and Mexico. Greater Roadrunners live year-round in the southwestern part of the United States, across Texas and Oklahoma and into Mexico.
Texas is very rich in snake diversity with over 100 different species and subspecies of snake. However, only 15 of those are venomous. The first thing we need to identify is the term venomous. Venomous animals are often incorrectly referred to as poisonous, but there is a difference. An animal that injects venom, using something sharp like a stinger or teeth, is venomous. An animal that makes you sick when you eat it is poisonous. 
The roadrunner is a bird named because of its ability to run quickly. Roadrunners are in the cuckoo family. In Latin, the scientific name Geococcyx californianus actually means Californian earth-cuckoo. In Texas we have the Greater Roadrunner, one of two species or types of roadrunners found in the world. The other type, the Lesser Roadrunner, lives in Central America and Mexico. Greater Roadrunners live year-round in the southwestern part of the United States, across Texas and Oklahoma and into Mexico.