copperhead snake
copperhead snake
northern copperhead snake?
someone said there is a 8 ft long northern copperhead snake near my house and i was wonderin if they can get that big
Copperheads are fairly small snakes. The record size for any copperhead is a northern copperhead that measured 53 inches. Thet's almost 4 1/2 feet. Southern and northern copperheads normally grow 3 to 4 foot at the most. Osage copperheads grow to about 3 feet. Broadbanded and Trans Pecos grow 2 to 2 1/2 feet long. What the person saw was probably something harmless like a bull snake or rat snake, and exaggerated the size. I have studied copperheads for years and have bred them. I was just out in the field the other day looking at broadbanded/southern intergrade copperheads and western cottonmouths. Even if the person actually saw a copperhead and greatly exaggerated the size, you have nothing to worry about. Copperheads avoid trouble. Out of the dozens and dozens of copperheads I have seen in the wild, not a single one was aggressive unless really provoked, and by that I mean picking them up. I've found harmless Water snakes and rat snakes to be quicker to bite than a copperhead on average.
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