1.3 Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (South Carolina)

Male:

Females and male:
1.3 Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (South Carolina) A

1.3 Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (South Carolina) S4300021-1

1.3 Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (South Carolina) DSCN0414

1.3 Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (South Carolina) Coppercc

1.3 Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (South Carolina) Cont2

1.3 Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (South Carolina) 1z3

Cheers, Ronny

the nominate-form is the most beautiful among the species... i have 1.1 here and was observing for the first time copulation two days ago.
i am excited to see the offspring...

thanks for the pics Ronny!

cheers

This female was caught by a friend of mine on 04/11/96 in Hardeeville, South Carolina. She was an adult when he found her. I got her on 04/20/00. She is actually that light colored. Possibly hypo, but Pete, the buddy I got her from, told me they are all that color in the area where he caught her. You can see the sun is shining on her in some areas, so she looks even lighter in those areas.

1.3 Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (South Carolina) CopperF05

1.3 Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (South Carolina) CopperF05

1.3 Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (South Carolina) CopperF08

1.3 Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (South Carolina) CopperF02

thats a cool snake Randy!
i like the pattern and here light color!

thanks for sharing the photo with us!

cheers
Mario

That is one of the nicest contortrix I have ever seen!! Really awesome!
Gavin

Thanks. It is one of the nicest I've ever seen too. Tannith Terr, I think the spelling is correct, was working at Dean Ripa's Serpentarium last I knew. She has a pair that look just like mine. Don't know if she has bred them. One guy offered me $200 for her, but I just like her too much to sell her.

some guys are "shocked" when they visit me and see our "copperheads". "ha - you keep this species? isnt this somethings for beginner?"...

i just love them! yes - i am a beginner and i keep this species because they are awesome!

cheers
Mario

Such a beautiful group of snakes

Really beautiful snakes Ronny ... are you going to breed them Cool

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awesome colors in this snakes, you have a nice group here and the one with ligth color is so cool. congrats

Real stunners! I like them!

Regards

Good looking coppers, guys.

My mother's family is from coastal South Carolina, I've spent quite a bit of time there, and that nice pale whitish background is pretty typical of the ones down near Georgia. There are also similar looking ones I've seen from coastal N Carolina, and I think exist also in SE Virginia (Dismal Swamp area).

Near Charleston they are often very pale pink. Ones in southern Mississippi can be almost silvery-white. And the males - pretty big!

I agree, "this" is an often passed-over "beginner" snake that really deserves more attention. I feel the same about Atropoides but that's inviting a tangent...

I say "this". For you copperhead nuts talking about what is this and that, here is something to chew on:
http://www.cnah.org/research.asp

See the 2nd and 3rd items. Basically based on MtDNA some well-known "extreme splitter" labs identify laticinctus and pictigaster as comprising "maybe their own single species", and everything east "maybe another, or maybe two" (depending which lab). Neither explains the mess you can readily see in east Texas - many contortrix/laticinctus intergrade-looking animals. Nevertheless, for your amusement...check it out. Also see conanti/FL cotton may be (probably is...) its own species too.

Cheers,
Jimi

Well that certainly changes my mind a little that's one beautiful species of pit viper Smile

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