what types of snakes have you come across in the wild?

I lived in south and central africa for many years and in all that time I only saw two snakes in the wild and they were scurrying away from me as fast as their little scales could carry them.

The first snake I came across was on a walk bridge over a creek here in Florida. It was a Water Moccasin hanging on a tree limb over the bridge. We decided to go down stream a couple hundred yards and cross on the road bridge.

I live in Oregon and have only ever come across garter snakes and, once, a rattle snake. The rattle snake was in eastern Oregon, around the John Day Fossil Bed area. The garter snakes were in a variety of places, ranging from a friend's back yard to a nature park pathway, to a rural B&B in Washington. They're fun to see, but I am wary of wild snakes in general. My girlfriend has a young cornsnake who I get along very well with, though (only about 2.5ft long).