Edwin Giesbers / Copperhead snake {Agkistrodon contortrix} captive, from USA

Michael D. Kern / Southern copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix) captive, from southern USA

Michael D. Kern / Southern copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix) captive, from southern USA

Daniel Heuclin / Copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) found in South Eastern USA, captive

Pete Oxford / Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) Northern Georgia, USA, captive

Pete Oxford / Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) Northern Georgia, USA, captive

John Abbott / Southern Copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) camouflaged on leaves on forest floor, Angelina National Forest, Texas, USA, March

Pete Oxford / Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) snake, native to south eastern United States

Robert Valentic / Highland copperhead {Austrelaps ramsayii} female basking, Guyra, New South Wales, Australia

Robert Valentic / Highland copperhead {Austrelaps ramsayii} male Llangothlin Lake, New England, New South Wales, Australia

Robert Valentic / Lowland copperhead {Austrelaps superbus} basking, Anglesea, Victoria, Australia

Tony Phelps / Copperhead snake {Agkistrodon contortrix} Captive, from north America