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The eastern copperhead is known to feed on a wide variety of prey, including invertebrates (primarily arthropods) and vertebrates. Like most pit vipers, the eastern copperhead is generally an ambush predator; it takes up a promising position and waits for suitable prey to arrive. As a common species within its range, it may be encountered by ...
The snake has 127-157 ventral scales and 36-71 subcaudals. Of the latter, some may be divided. The anal scale is single. All have a color pattern of 10-20 dark crossbands on a lighter ground color, although sometimes the crossbands are staggered as half bands on either side of the body. [7] The phylogeny of the species has long been controversial.
Get to Know Copperhead Snakes Copperhead snakes get their name from their copper-colored heads and chestnut-brown bodies. They are beautiful snakes, but they are feared and misunderstood.
Agkistrodon laticinctus, commonly known as the broad-banded copperhead, is a venomous pit viper species, [2] formerly considered a subspecies [3] of Agkistrodon contortrix, which is found in the central United States, from Kansas, through Oklahoma and throughout central Texas.
Copperheads are our area’s most common venomous snake. They can be found in any environment within the Triangle — you can find them in wooded areas while hiking, splayed out on the sidewalk in ...
Copperhead snake bites are rarely fatal to humans, but they can be painful and expensive to treat. A copperhead watches visitors from its habitat at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.
Austrelaps, or Australian copperhead, a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania; Coelognathus radiata, or the copperhead rat snake, a non-venomous species found in southern Asia; Deinagkistrodon acutus, or the Chinese copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
Missouri is home to six venomous snakes, and the Eastern Copperhead is the most common. Here’s what to do in the rare event of a bite.