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PICTURES & IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
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Scientific name: Agkistrodon contortrix Common name: Eastern copperhead, copperhead
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Scientific name: Agkistrodon piscivorus Common name: cottonmouth, water moccasin, swamp moccasin, black moccasin, viper
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Scientific name: Crotalus horridus Common name: timber rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, banded rattlesnake
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Scientific name: Sistrurus catenatus Common name: massasauga, massasauga rattlesnake, massasauga rattler (Ontario), black massasauga, black rattler, black snapper
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Scientific name: Virginia valeriae Common name: smooth earth snake
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Scientific name: Carphophis amoenus helenae Common name: Central twig snake, central worm snake, ground snake, Helen’s snake, Helen Tennison’s snake
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Scientific name: Carphophis vermis Common name: Western worm snake
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Scientific name: Cemophora coccinea copei Common name: Northern scarlet snake
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Scientific name: Crotalus horridus Common name: Cora Kennicott’s snake, Kirtland’s red snake, Kirtland’s water snake, little red snake, Ohio Valley water snake, Kirtland’s snake
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Scientific name: Coluber constrictor Common name: Eastern racer