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

I picked up the other shovel, and a copperhead snake crawled out from underneath it.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam