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    The eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), also known simply as the copperhead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to eastern North...
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    Confederates. Republicans started labeling anti-war Democrats "Copperheads" after the eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a species of venomous snake...
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  • Look up copperhead in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Copperhead may refer to: Agkistrodon contortrix, or eastern copperhead, a venomous pit viper species...
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    them monotypic and closely related. Common names include: cottonmouths, copperheads, and cantils. The name Agkistrodon comes from the Greek words ankistron...
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    Appalachian Mountains (category Eastern Canada)
    (Thamnophis sirtalis) is among the smallest but most abundant. The Eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) and the timber rattler (Crotalus horridus)...
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  • Northern copperhead may refer to: Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix, a.k.a. the eastern copperhead, a venomous pitviper subspecies found in the United...
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    southern and eastern part of the Australian continent. Three species are currently recognized, with no subspecies. They are commonly called copperheads or Australian...
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    (Bitis caudalis), sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes), eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus), eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), common death adder...
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    species of coral snakes, two species of cottonmouth, and two species of copperhead. At least one species of venomous snake is found in every state except...
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    red-brown, to a gray-brown. It overlaps with the southern copperhead, A. contortrix in the eastern reaches of its range, making specimens there difficult...
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    Common names: Osage copperhead, central copperhead. Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster was formerly a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the central...
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    viper subspecies found in the eastern United States. However, recent taxonomic changes do not recognize the northern copperhead (A. c. mokasen) as a valid...
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    including the eastern box turtle, red-eared slider, and the softshell turtle. Snakes in the region include the eastern copperhead, eastern diamondback rattlesnake...
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    the same dens with other species of snakes, such as copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix), eastern racers (Coluber constrictor) and timber rattlesnakes...
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    contortrix, Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix, Eastern copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus, Broad-banded copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix...
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    (S5) Smooth earth snake Virginia valeriae Colubridae Secure (S5) Eastern copperhead Agkistrodon contortix Viperidae Secure (S5) Northern cottonmouth Agkistrodon...
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    Common names: Trans-Pecos copperhead, western copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster was formerly a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the Trans-Pecos...
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    seen. However, one must be aware of the presence of the venomous Eastern copperhead, which can severely harm a human with a single bite Birds and waterfowl...
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    avoidance, it mimics the colors of the venomous coral snake and venomous copperhead, which deters its predators. It has also been known to shake its tail...
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  • Virginia striatula Western Earth Snake Virginia valeriae elegans Eastern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix Northern Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus...
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  • Crotalinae Copperhead and cottonmouth Eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) LC and: Broad-banded copperhead (Agkistrodon laticinctus) Northern cottonmouth...
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  • name Family Venomous Conservation concern Agkistrodon contortrix eastern copperhead Viperidae Yes Locally abundant Agkistrodon piscivorus northern cottonmouth...
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    obsoletus) Eastern green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps) King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) Red spitting cobra (Naja pallida) Eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon...
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    their tails to lure prey animals. This species is often confused with the copperhead, A. contortrix. This is especially true for juveniles, but differences...
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  • constrictor Common snake-necked turtle Crocodile monitor Diamond python Eastern copperhead Eastern diamondback rattlesnake Eyelash palm pitviper Fijian banded iguana...
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    The highland copperhead (Austrelaps ramsayi), also known as Ramsay's copperhead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae endemic to Australia...
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    Piney Woods (category Plant communities of the Eastern United States)
    snakes occur in the region, the Texas coralsnake (Micrurus tener), eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), northern cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)...
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    venomous snakes. The eastern coral snake, Texas coral snake, eastern copperhead, cottonmouth, western pygmy rattlesnake, and the eastern diamondback rattlesnake...
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    (Naja nivea) Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) Eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) Eastern green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps) Eyelash bush...
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    climbing, a copperhead is a small nut with a head made of soft metal on a loop of wire, originally copper or brass, later aluminium. Copperheads are most...
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