I don't blame your girlfriend for jumping!

A beauty. That one's much lighter colored than the individuals I've seen in my neck of the woods. I love snakes and have been known to (VERY carefully!) remove a copperhead out of harm's way from a road. They're God's critters, too, and are in more and more trouble as we invade their formerly wild domains.

That said, I jump like a rabbit when coming by surprise upon a snake. Caution is the better part of valor in poison snake country. :)

Marty

If it wiggles....I want it gone!

Jan

I couldn't see the photo, but was it a copperhead? I've always thought the copperhead is one of the most beautiful animals. Their heads and eyes are particularly striking.
I've only seen a couple live, but interestingly the first one I saw was around age 10 when I was at a trout stream. I was standing on some rocks and it was quite hot. Anyway, I was standing totally still looking around for my father and happened to glance down and its head was about 1 inch from my right foot. Guess it noticed the movement of my head and it slithered back into the rocks.
I saw another one on the Cumberland plateau a few years back. It was gorgeous.

Beautiful snake, but it's not a copperhead.

Cheryl

Well. It is a copperhead. But since you went so far as to say it's not one, it'd be nice to know what you think it is.

I sent the picture to a friend who studies snakes, then I posted it to a website where people who field herp identify snakes. I did this because I saw the pic and thought hmmm that's not the copperhead I've seen before. Their response was "Definately a colubrid of some sort, probably an intergrade. Copperheads have much larger heads than that." It just doesn't have the markings of a copperhead . Check the link. May I ask what makes you think it IS a copperhead ?

Cheryl

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Don't anybody pass-out....but I agree with Cheryl. The banding is all wrong for that to be a Copperhead. From juveniles to adults, they have thick hour-glass bands. I'm no herp expert but I've seen more than my share of Copperheads. I'm not sure what it was but I'm pretty sure what it ain't!

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I would have to agree.. not a copperhead, but no fun to stumble upon, just the same. Wrong banding, wrong head shape. But I have to admit that I'm freaked out by the garter snakes that hang out in my gardens.

Could it be a young pinesnake? I'm interested to hear from the herp experts.

Definitely not a copperhead, DTG. Not sure exactly what kind it is though. Pretty snake though!

My girlfriend went nuts when I picked it up. Yea, very stupid.... But I couldn't have gotten this great shot of it had I not kept it from jettin' away..

So it wasn't a copperhead, but cool pic just the same, huh? .D

Awesome picture !!

Cheryl