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

In one of Greene’s former cases, he met an avid triathlete in her 30s many weeks after she received a copperhead bite on the foot.

From Washington Post • May 31, 2022

When he brought her inside to examine the wounds, he saw “fang marks,” likely delivered by a venomous copperhead snake.

From Fox News • Sep. 25, 2018

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

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam