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The northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen) was once classified as a subspecies of the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix).However, DNA based studies published in 2008 and 2015, revealed no significant genetic difference between the northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen), the southern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix) and the Osage copperhead ...
Northern copperhead may refer to: Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix, a.k.a. the eastern copperhead, a venomous pitviper subspecies found in the United States in the lower Mississippi Valley and the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico, from eastern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma to southern Illinois. On the South Atlantic Coastal Plain from the ...
The eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), [3] also known simply as the copperhead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to eastern North America; it is a member of the subfamily Crotalinae in the family Viperidae.
Of all four venomous snakes in Tennessee, the copperhead is the only one that occupies the entire state rather than just one region. With that being said, there are northern and southern ...
Here’s a comprehensive list of the copperhead population by state. Get to Know Copperhead Snakes Copperhead snakes get their name from their copper-colored heads and chestnut-brown bodies.
The Eastern copperhead snake is venomous and has coloration well-adapted for camouflage . A possible origin of the name came from a New York Times newspaper account in April 1861 that stated that when postal officers in Washington, D.C., opened a mail bag from a state now in the Confederacy:
Northern copperhead: southern 1/2: unknown: moderate: Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma: Western cottonmouth: Dubois and Harrison counties: state endangered: high: Carphophis amoenus helenae: Midwestern worm snake: southern 1/2: unknown: minimal Cemophora coccinea copei: Northern scarlet snake: Floyd county: state endangered: minimal Clonophis ...
Northern black racer [1] Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen [1] Northern copperhead [1] Venomous [1] Storeria dekayi dekayi [1] Northern brown snake / Dekay's brown snake [1] Pantherophis alleghaniensis [1] Gray rat snake [1] Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis [1] Eastern Garter Snake [1] Heterodon platirhinos [1] Eastern hognose Snake [1] Lampropeltis ...