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southern copperhead
Agkistrodon contortrix
32.2391, -81.0075
Field Notes
Description:
Relatively small pit viper located in the southeastern United States, usually growing to 3-4 ft long. Females grow larger than males, and often display darker coloration, but the same patterns. The copperhead has a mild hemo-toxic venom, which isn't deadly to humans. Most deaths that do occur are due to some type of allergic reaction.
Habitat:
Pine forests, leafy undergrowth, and usually under some sort of cover. The snake will lay out and bask in the early morning sun and retreat to cover as the heat I the day comes on.
Notes:
This snake is diurnal, meanin it hunts/feeds at night, so in the evening the snakes will stir and begin hunting
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