Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen RANGE:eastern United States, from
Massachusetts south to Georgia and Alabama and west to Illinois
STATUS:no special federal status; endangered in Mass.
HABITAT:open woodlands, often hilly with rocky outcroppings;
wetland shores DIET: CARNIVOREmice, small birds, lizards, frogs,
caterpillars, insects, especially cicadas ACTIVE:diurnal or
nocturnal, depending on season LIFESPAN:Captive: 18 years
OFFSPRING:2-10 live young LENGTH:22-53 in (60 -134.5 cm) “Where
I live” Northern copperheads live in varying terrain along the
east coast of the United States, from Massachusetts south to
Georgia and Alabama and west to Illinois. In Maryland, they can
be found in coastal areas, marshes, forests, fields, wooded
slopes, and ravines from the Eastern Shore west to the Blue
Ridge Mountains. Copperheads particularly like terrain with
rocky outcroppings. Northern copperheads are one of three
species and five subspecies of copperhead living in North
America. “How I live there” Snakes have adapted t