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
As an emergency physician, Greene has treated more than 70 copperhead bite victims last year.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2022
Lancaster County resident Jesse Rothacker found the two copperhead snakes on the busy bike trail in the middle of their fall breeding.
From Fox News • Sep. 10, 2019
His father reaches out to him with the thick, sinewy copperhead and Dill extends his hands.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
