Name this snake............

harleyrider

Natural Born Smartass
Be careful, it might be a young Northern Copperhead. :yikes: You need to look at the eyes. If the eyes are triangular versus round, it means it is poisonous. The round eyed snakes are harmless.

Northern Copperhead
(Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen)
This is one of the two venomous snake species in Maryland. The color is a rich, reddish, brown with a series of darker hourglass markings down its back. Its head is usually a bright copper color and its belly is pinkish. It seldom exceeds three feet in length. It has a single anal plate and keeled scales. This is the only Maryland snake that has dark dorsal markings which are narrow on the back and broad on the sides. Copperheads exist throughout the State in remote rocky, wooded areas where they feed on small rodents and other warm-blooded prey. Occasionally, they will feed on aquatic animals. Females give birth to approximately 12 live young which are 8-10 inches in length.
 

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harleyrider said:
Be careful, it might be a young Northern Copperhead. :yikes: You need to look at the eyes. If the eyes are triangular versus round, it means it is poisonous. The round eyed snakes are harmless.

Northern Copperhead
(Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen)
This is one of the two venomous snake species in Maryland. The color is a rich, reddish, brown with a series of darker hourglass markings down its back. Its head is usually a bright copper color and its belly is pinkish. It seldom exceeds three feet in length. It has a single anal plate and keeled scales. This is the only Maryland snake that has dark dorsal markings which are narrow on the back and broad on the sides. Copperheads exist throughout the State in remote rocky, wooded areas where they feed on small rodents and other warm-blooded prey. Occasionally, they will feed on aquatic animals. Females give birth to approximately 12 live young which are 8-10 inches in length.
Broad triangular head and vertical elliptical (cat-like) shaped pupil help identify the water moccasin
 

K_Jo

Pea Brain
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kwillia said:
I just checked post #36 and to clarify... you did not laugh out loud, but instead you laughed your ass off.
Oops. You're right again. How embarrassing. :blushing: Allow me to quickly edit post #36, so as to lessen the confusion factor for others.
 
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