Agkistrodon
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Agkistrodon is a genus of pit vipers commonly known as American moccasins. The genus is endemic to North America, ranging from the northeastern United States to northern Costa Rica. Eight species are
Agkistrodon bilineatus showing the large symmetrical platelike scales on the crown of the head that are characteristic of all species in the genus. The hazy blue eyes are typical of snakes that will soon shed their skin.
Agkistrodon bilineatus 2
Eastern Copperhead Flickr 2nd Peter
Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus
Eastern copperhead
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The eastern copperhead, also known simply as the copperhead, is a widespread species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to eastern United States of America; it is a member of the subfamily Crotal
Agkistrodon
…Agkistrodon Temporal range: Miocene - present Eastern copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae…
Copperhead distribution
Copperhead swallowing a cicada.
Eating a DeKay's brown snake
Eating a northern slimy salamander