copperhead
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Today you could send me out onto the course with a bag containing a pogo stick, a copperhead and a mackerel, and I wouldn’t notice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The North American copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix, a type of pit viper.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 25, 2023
It wasn't long before she had her own run-ins with the slithering creatures—including a bite she received from a copperhead while doing yardwork.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2022
If you do see a copperhead, leave it alone or call a professional to relocate the snake to a safer place.
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2022
“You can always tell a copperhead by its markings,” Daddy told me.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Found throughout the eastern and southern U.S., copperheads can easily survive in developed areas like suburban neighborhoods, which is one of the reason the species is responsible for the most venomous snake bites every year.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 25, 2023
Farris says he's been doing local relocations for free for a couple of years, mostly rattlesnakes and copperheads.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2022
“Timber rattlers, copperheads and rat snakes are famous for denning together, usually on mountainsides or in rocky areas.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2020
Officials did not say what type of snake was thought to have bitten the animal, but copperheads and rattlesnakes have been found on the Outer Banks, The Charlotte Observer reported.
From Washington Times ● May 26, 2020
The boy was glad it was winter because in summer there might have been dry-land moccasins and copperheads under the cabin.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
