Beautiful but dangerous
Sunday, August 29, 2010
There are five subspecies of the American copperhead snake. The one here is the subspecies most common in Southeast Missouri. It is called the Southern copperhead because it can be found throughout the lower Mississippi River Valley and from eastern Texas to the Florida panhandle.
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