Robert Valentic / Highland copperhead snake {Austrelaps ramsayii} juvenile ready to strike, New South Wales, Australia

Robert Valentic / Copperhead {Austrelaps superbus} Wallan, Victoria, Australia

Robert Valentic / Juvenile Copperhead {Austrelaps superbus} rubbing its chin against a rock in order to shed its old skin, Victoria, Australia

Tony Phelps / Copperhead snake {Agkistrodon contortrix} captive, from Virginia, USA

Philippe Clement / Broad-banded copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus) captive, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Broad-banded copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus) captive, Costa Rica

Mary McDonald / Southern copperhead {Agkistrodon contortrix} captive, from SE USA

LYNN M. STONE / Osage copperhead {Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster} captive, from USA

Mary McDonald / Broad banded copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) USA, captive

Todd Pusser / Copperhead snake {Agkistrodon contortrix} camouflaged among leaves, USA.

Todd Pusser / Copperhead snake {Agkistrodon contortrix}, North Carolina, USA.

Robert Valentic / American copperhead {Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus} captive