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Rocky Gap, Maryland, USA
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Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo | Life Stages And Gender: Adult/Sexually Mature | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic | Anatomy: Body Parts :: Eyes | Anatomy: Body Parts :: Mouth (Buccal Cavity)
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#Exemplar: | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Disruptive Coloration (Spots/Stripes) | Life Stages And Gender: Adult/Sexually Mature | Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo
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Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo | Life Stages And Gender: Juvenile | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Disruptive Coloration (Spots/Stripes)
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Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo | Life Stages And Gender: Adult/Sexually Mature | Behaviors: Communication :: Aggressive Display | Anatomy: Body Parts :: Mouth (Buccal Cavity) | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Disruptive Coloration (Spots/Stripes) | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic
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Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo | Life Stages And Gender: Adult/Sexually Mature | Behaviors: Communication :: Aggressive Display | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Disruptive Coloration (Spots/Stripes) | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic | Anatomy: Body Parts :: Mouth (Buccal Cavity)
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Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo | Life Stages And Gender: Adult/Sexually Mature | Behaviors: Communication :: Aggressive Display | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic | Anatomy: Body Parts :: Mouth (Buccal Cavity)
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Wakulla Co., Florida
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Wakulla Co., Florida
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The Nature Station, Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area, Trigg County, Kentucky, US
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Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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The Nature Station, Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area, Trigg County, Kentucky, US
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Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Cache River State Natural Area, Johnson County, Illinois, US
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Virginia, United States
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This photograph depicted a dorsal oblique view of a western cottonmouth snake Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma. The cottonmouth snakes display a distinct two-tone coloration, the spade-like shaped head, a lateral positioning of the eyes, vertically elliptical pupils, cheek stripes, and loreal pits. All of the American copperheads, cottonmouths and rattlesnakes are members of the family viperidae. The western cottonmouth is the smallest, but most widely distributed cottonmouth subspecie. The dorsal body is patterned with 10 to 15 dark cross-bands similar to the other two subspecies, but often tends to darken at an early age. The top and sides of the snout are usually uniformly dark brown to black with no visible pattern except in juveniles. When visible, the upper side of the dark cheek stripe often lacks the contrasting light borders that are characteristic of the Florida and eastern subspecies (Gloyd and Connant, 1990).Created: 2005
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This 2005 image depicted a venomous Northern copperhead snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen. The northern copperhead ranges from southern Illinois, extreme northeastern Mississippi, Northern Alabama, and northern Georgia northeastward through the Appalachian Mountains to the level of southeastern New York and southern Massachusetts (Gloyd and Connant, 1990), placing it in hurricane-prone areas, which is of importance to those living in these regions, and first-responders offering aid to those affected by such a disaster. The preferred habitat of this race is characterized as open deciduous forests with rocky areas with an abundance of fallen leaves (Connat 1975).Created: 2005
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This 2005 image depicted a venomous broad banded copperhead snake, Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus, one of the most strikingly colorful copperhead subspecies.The broad banded copperhead is a southwestern subspecies that ranges throughout south-central Texas to the level of Victoria and Frio counties, northward through central Oklahoma up to the southern edge of Cowley County Kansas (Gloyd and Conant, 1990), placing it in hurricane-prone areas, which is of importance to those living in these regions, and first-responders offering aid to those affected by such a disaster. Unlike their northern cousins which are frequently found in association with rocks and talus slopes, the broad banded copperhead has a preference for areas with sandy soil that are covered with live oak trees and brush (Gloyd and Conant, 1990; Tenant, 1998). Within such regions, the underlying dead leaf litter provides nearly perfect camouflage for the snakes sharply contrasting pattern and coloration.Created: 2005
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This 2008 photograph depicted a juvenile venomous Southern copperhead snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, as it was coiled in a Decatur, Georgia basement.The adult A. contortrix pitviper grows to a length 50cm to 95cm, and is pictured in PHIL 8130 and 10841. This particular view includes all body regions of this specimen, encompassing the yellow distal tail, which disappears when the snake reaches adulthood, as well as the triangular-shaped head. Also, youll note the scalar coloration, consisting of a beige base color, traversed by dark-brown crossbands along its entire length, except for its head and yellow juvenile tail. The name pitviper is derived from the fact that these snakes possess two heat-sensing organs situated inside a pit on either side of its head between each ipsilateral eye and nostril, both of which are visible on the right side of this snakes head from this anterior oblique perspective.Created: 2008
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This 2008 photograph depicted a juvenile venomous Southern copperhead snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, as it was coiled in a Decatur, Georgia basement.The adult A. contortrix pitviper grows to a length 50cm to 95cm, and is pictured in PHIL 8130 and 10841. The name pitviper is derived from the fact that these snakes possess two heat-sensing organs situated inside a pit on either side of its head between each ipsilateral eye and nostril, both of which are visible on the right side of this snakes head from this anterior oblique perspective.Created: 2008
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This 2008 photograph depicted a juvenile venomous Southern copperhead snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, as it was coiled in a Decatur, Georgia basement.The adult A. contortrix pitviper grows to a length 50cm to 95cm, and is pictured in PHIL 8130 and 10841. The name pitviper is derived from the fact that these snakes possess two heat-sensing organs situated inside a pit on either side of its head between each ipsilateral eye and nostril, both of which are visible on the right side of this snakes head from this anterior oblique perspective.Created: 2008
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This 2008 photograph included the head and tail regions of a juvenile venomous Southern copperhead snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, which was found coiled in a Decatur, Georgia basement.This particular image offers an excellent view of the juvenile coloration of the distal tail tip, which is a bright yellow, disappearing when the snake reaches its adult status. The adult A. contortrix pitviper grows to a length 50cm to 95cm, and is pictured in PHIL 8130 and 10841. The name pitviper is derived from the fact that these snakes possess two heat-sensing organs situated inside a pit on either side of its head between each ipsilateral eye and nostril, both of which are visible from an anterolateral perspective in PHIL 10843, 10848, and 10849.Created: 2008