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  • 08-25-2007, 06:13 AM
    RGreen454ss
    Best place to find Copperheads...
    ....in the wild. I know here in East Tx. they like to come out at night onto the roads when it starts getting cool to warm their bellies. I've fliped rocks checked in and around fallen trees, checked in leaves and looked around streams and ponds. I would like to see color variations in my area. Where have you guys stumbled on them during daylight hours?
  • 08-28-2007, 01:44 PM
    scoobyark
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    We have tons of them here. But I have only seen one in the day by a shed. But I have seen several at night when they are hunting b/c it is to hot in the day. I have seen them sticking their heads up out of the tall grass many times. Anywhere there are cicadas there will also be copperheads!:2cent:
  • 08-28-2007, 05:48 PM
    Lucifer
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    Keep in mind that they are semi-aquatic, so you might even check near bodies of water with slow moving streams.

    Where abouts in east texas are you?
  • 08-28-2007, 05:55 PM
    SerpentesCiconii
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Lucifer
    Keep in mind that they are semi-aquatic, so you might even check near bodies of water with slow moving streams.

    Where abouts in east texas are you?

    Semi-aquatic? That is cottonmouths. Sure you can find copperheads near water, but they certainly arent semi-aquatic.

    John
  • 08-28-2007, 06:00 PM
    Kagez28
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    yea cottonmouths or water moccasins are semi aquatic not copperheads...

    they sound similar so i see where you could mix them up :)
  • 08-28-2007, 06:01 PM
    Lucifer
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SerpentesCiconii
    Semi-aquatic? That is cottonmouths. Sure you can find copperheads near water, but they certainly arent semi-aquatic.

    John


    Where on earth did you get that information? Here, let me pull up a few links to prove my point.

    http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Re...copperhead.cfm
    http://www.citrusdirectory.com/hsswp.../reptiles.html

    I know the difference between a cottonmouth and a copperhead, thank you.

    And if you want more sources of information, i can gladly help.
  • 08-28-2007, 06:03 PM
    Lucifer
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Kagez28
    yea cottonmouths or water moccasins are semi aquatic not copperheads...

    they sound similar so i see where you could mix them up :)


    I'm sorry, i don't do "mix ups." Come to my area and you will see plenty of copper heads near marshy areas and even swimming in some of the streams. Not to be confused with cottonmouths, which, to me anyways, look nothing alike.

    ;)
  • 08-28-2007, 06:27 PM
    RGreen454ss
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    I live in Arlington but I go herping near Cedar Creek....I know they like to hang out near water but I just see water snakes and Cottonmouths.
  • 08-28-2007, 06:34 PM
    Lucifer
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by RGreen454ss
    I live in Arlington but I go herping near Cedar Creek....I know they like to hang out near water but I just see water snakes and Cottonmouths.

    I PMd you some info, i'd rather not argue with the others on the board about facts. ;)
  • 08-28-2007, 06:47 PM
    SarahMB
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    Ok, I'll argue, then ;)

    Anything west of Greenville is North Texas, not East Texas.
  • 08-28-2007, 06:53 PM
    SerpentesCiconii
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    Don't get so defensive lol. Your right, your obviously an expert and I have no idea what I'm talking about.

    But really, copperheads are not semi-aquatic. Racers can climb trees if they want, are they semi-arboreal? I've seen humans in the water before(GASP), are we semi-aquatic? I've seen clips of rattlesnakes swimming, I guess they are semi-aquatic as well.

    Aquatic snakes are ones like file and tentacle snakes. Semi aquatic snakes are ones like cottonmouths and ribbon snakes. Terrestrial snakes are snakes like copperheads and rattlesnakes. Semi arboreal snakes are ones like tiger rat snakes. Arboreal snakes are ones like green tree pythons. Does that clear things up enough? And do you really believe random internet sites? It's comparable with the information you get on snake care from pet stores, thats something I'm sure lots of people here can relate to. Show me some more "proof".

    John
  • 08-28-2007, 06:59 PM
    Lucifer
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SerpentesCiconii
    Don't get so defensive lol. Your right, your obviously an expert and I have no idea what I'm talking about.

    But really, copperheads are not semi-aquatic. Racers can climb trees if they want, are they semi-arboreal? I've seen humans in the water before(GASP), are we semi-aquatic? I've seen clips of rattlesnakes swimming, I guess they are semi-aquatic as well.

    Aquatic snakes are ones like file and tentacle snakes. Semi aquatic snakes are ones like cottonmouths and ribbon snakes. Terrestrial snakes are snakes like copperheads and rattlesnakes. Semi arboreal snakes are ones like tiger rat snakes. Arboreal snakes are ones like green tree pythons. Does that clear things up enough? And do you really believe random internet sites? It's comparable with the information you get on snake care from pet stores, thats something I'm sure lots of people here can relate to. Show me some more "proof".

    John


    It will hurt you to know that i didnt read your post, i clicked "quote" and that was that, i skimmed over it and i think its cute that a 17 year old is trying to educate me.

    Anyways, lets not hijack this thread. I've already given the original poster all the info he needs, which is more than i can say for you. This thread wasn't made for you to argue on and show your lack of knowledge.

    Ohhh i know, here comes the warnings from mods and negative reps. So be it, i'm through with this board anyways...i just figured i'd help a few people out on my last day.

    Any post that you reply with won't be read by me or replied to, so have at it. Try to make yourself seem like you know what you're talking about on mommy and daddies computer. ;)
  • 08-28-2007, 09:24 PM
    dr del
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    **Sigh**



    Thank's for having such a high opinion of us.:(


    dr del
  • 08-29-2007, 01:23 AM
    RGreen454ss
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    Lucifer, thank you for the information.
  • 08-29-2007, 01:28 AM
    RGreen454ss
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SarahMB
    Ok, I'll argue, then ;)

    Anything west of Greenville is North Texas, not East Texas.

    Its close enough...I didn't think it would matter on a forum that is used internationaly.

    Next time I will be more specific :P :P :P
  • 05-23-2012, 03:45 PM
    VisitorAl
    Copperhead habitat
    I thought I'd share this with the snake afficiados. There are lots of cottonmouths in the sound off of the northern Outer Banks, NC, but this fellow was quite at home swimming and lurking underwater...

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/allart1...57618856259443
  • 05-23-2012, 05:01 PM
    Mike41793
    Holy crap talk about raising a thread from the graveyard. Whoever creates the emoticons needs to make me a zombie one!!! lmao.
    VisitorAl- this thread is 6 years old bud, lol
  • 05-24-2012, 09:48 PM
    VisitorAl
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    Every dangling conversation needs a little goose now and again, although i can't say that this question hasn't been addressed anywhere else. I asked this question on the web and this forum is all that emerged, sooo...I do this for the next person who ponders this copperhead question - probably about 5 years from now...I also posted some cottonmouth shots on the same Flikr site (my username is allart1)

    All I can say is that this snake, which looks every bit a copperhead, appeared as comfy in the water - both at the surface and beneath it - as a cottonmouth, although if I could go back and pay closer attention, I might compare the swimming styles - swimming more on the surface vs. undulating more beneath it (as I recall), although there is another swimming snake, a black rat snake, I'm told, on my Flickr site, doing surface undulations, so swimming style may just be the mood of the moment. The copperhead's being being in the drink was not a fluke as it appeared to be patrolling for vittles...

    http://ball-pythons.net/forums/image...s/rolleyes.gif

    zombies are the undead..
  • 05-25-2012, 02:21 PM
    VisitorAl
    Re: Best place to find Copperheads...
    mia culpa. So much for knowing much about copperheads - its a brown water snake with big round pupils.

    sorry.
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