What kind of copperhead is this?
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What kind of copperhead
reticbite
Jul 24, 2005 01:59 PM
Replies (12)
NWFLHerper
Jul 24, 2005 02:39 PM
Other than in the living room. 
reticbite
Jul 24, 2005 03:05 PM
I got it from a friend who passed away last month. She lived in Fl.
wayne13114
Jul 24, 2005 03:01 PM
I'm just going to take a guess, without locality data I'd say northern copperhead (agkistrodon contortrix mokasen)
Wayne
canidman
Jul 24, 2005 07:57 PM
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repzoo44
Jul 24, 2005 04:42 PM
Im voting for southern copperhead. Northerns tend to be a little darker.
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Greg Longhurst
Jul 24, 2005 08:04 PM
These things are hard to key without knowing locality of origin. Gloyd & Conant say that the dark bands on the spine are 2 scales wide or less at the midline for c. contortrix, and 3 or 4 scales wide for c. mokasen. If that is a solid key, then this one appears to be the northern. But I wouldn't bet on anything.
~~Greg~~
Snake_Master
Jul 24, 2005 08:15 PM
Its a southern.. northerns tend to be real dark with a real copperish head and southerns that nice light colored and light head..... And was it in Fl.? or where was it caught...?
im 100 percent it is a southern though..
reticbite
Jul 25, 2005 03:36 PM
It was bought at a show in Fl, i don't know from what breeder either. Thank's for all the replies.
pine
Jul 25, 2005 12:15 AM
osage copperhead or a tranx-pecos copperhead......just my guess
throatoyster
Jul 25, 2005 11:01 AM
I'd say northern. I've seen plenty of northerns that were that light (and even lighter). Like Greg said, the bands look more like a northern.
-Will
bemanuel
Aug 04, 2005 09:23 PM
Looks like a nice Osage. The white edging on the bands indicates that it is indeed an A.c. phaeogaster. Of course if it is captive bred, it could be a mix.
Pretty snake though.
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candb
Sep 08, 2005 11:27 AM
i was bitten by a northern copperhead once in Ma, when i stuck my hand down a hole in my yard looking for some garter snakes i had been studing, the copperhead launched out and bite my hand, i passed out a few minutes later and then woke up about a few hours later really dizzy, i didnt need any medical attention i was very lucky. That may be one reason im so facinated by snakes now because of that insident.
