Eastern Snakes Forum
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To ask a question about a snake, don't reply to this post, go to the forum home page and start a new post. Your question will get a lot more exposure. Please give us an idea of where you live, as reptiles can often be identified only by locality!
Please do not place messages about killing a snake, and asking what kind it is you have killed! That is like going onto a message board about dogs and telling about torturing one to death, and asking what kind of breed it was. You will likely get "flamed", and likely by the forum owner, depending on his mood that day.
A note about head shape in snakes: Head shape is a totally useless character for identifying a snake, and has nothing to do with whether the serpent is or is not venomous (poisonous). Many harmless snakes, especially when young, have rather large heads. Please describe color, pattern, markings, and habitat where the snake was found. The shape of the head will not help us in any way.
Thank you.
Copperhead
Posted by Bill
on August 17, 2005, 11:03 am
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I have some familarity with most of the snakes in NC. I have lived from Murphy and as far east as Raleigh. I have a friend in the Clayton NC area that has a high concentration of copperheads. Enough that his father-in-law was bite and most recently his dog. He now has a new born and would like to have some knowledge of the copperheads habits to proactivley understand how to live with this natural inhabitant. His property and surrounding area are definitely the habitat for this snake. We are interested in transfering the snakes when found to the NC Natural Science facility. Any assitance or advice is apprecited.
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