copperhead
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The North American copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix, a type of pit viper.
From National Geographic • Jul. 25, 2023
Of these snakes, two were venomous—one copperhead and one cottonmouth.
From Scientific American • Sep. 18, 2022
An average copperhead victim gets between six and ten vials of antivenom, but treatments vary depending on the bite, Greene said.
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
“You can always tell a copperhead by its markings,” Daddy told me.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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