copperhead
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The North American copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix, a type of pit viper.
From National Geographic • Jul. 25, 2023
“I knew better than to dig in a pile of leaves,” she says of her brush with the copperhead.
From Scientific American • Sep. 18, 2022
“It happened a second time. I looked outside, and there was a copperhead sunning itself on the concrete pad. Ratcliff saved me from a nasty confrontation.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2021
Once, as we lifted the refrigerator, a copperhead bolted out and slithered over my sneaker.
From Slate • Dec. 24, 2018
Like when he showed her the longest snake recorded in Fairview was in 2019 and was a northern copperhead.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
