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Missouri is home to six venomous snakes, and the Eastern Copperhead is the most common. Here’s what to do in the rare event of a bite.
The eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), [3] also known simply as the copperhead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to eastern North America; it is a member of the subfamily Crotalinae in the family Viperidae.
Midland Brown Snake Storeria dekayi wrightorum. Northern Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata. Flat-headed Snake Tantilla gracilus. Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus proximus. Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix. Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis. Lined Snake Tropidoclonian lineatum. Rough Earth ...
They are beautiful snakes, but they are feared and misunderstood. Although they’re common snakes, they don’t live everywhere. Here’s a comprehensive list of the copperhead population by state.
Briggler told The Star that only two types of venomous snakes live in the Kansas City area. The first is the Eastern Copperhead, the most common venomous snake in Missouri. This chubby snake is ...
Copperhead: Missouri — Brown died of a heart attack one day after he was bitten by a copperhead snake while camping on the Current River, Missouri. The coroner's office listed the cause of death as a heart attack, with the snake bite as a contributing factor.
Agkistrodon laticinctus, commonly known as the broad-banded copperhead, is a venomous pit viper species, [2] formerly considered a subspecies [3] of Agkistrodon contortrix, which is found in the central United States, from Kansas, through Oklahoma and throughout central Texas.
The eastern copperhead is the most common venomous snake in Missouri. Its color varies from grayish brown to pinkish tan, with distinctive hourglass-shaped crossbands.