#1500 · 🦎 reptiles

Eastern Copperhead

🇳🇱 Koperkop ·Agkistrodon contortrix

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Shreybae · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Shreybae · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Shreybae · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Shreybae · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Shreybae · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Chatham County, NC, USA:© Shreybae · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Pennsylvania, US:© Court Harding · CC BY 4.0
9. Aiken:© Michael Friedman · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Silsbee, TX 77656, USA:© Alan Rockefeller · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Agkistrodon contortrix is a species of venomous snake endemic to Eastern North America, a member of the subfamily Crotalinae (pit vipers). The common name for this species is the copperhead . Its behavior may lead to accidental encounters with humans. Five subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,844iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
28,844 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).