Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)
  Danger- Poisonous

Description: 22-36 inches long; color typically tan and reddish brown but may vary to grayish.

Habitat: Woodlands with rocky outcrops is preferred habitat, but uses a variety of habitat such as woodpiles, abandoned farms and brushy meadows.

Diet: Mice and other small mammals.

Similar species:
1) Look for dark, hour-glass bands around body to be narrowest along top of back.
2) Cat-eye vertical pupils
3) Pits located between the eyes and nostril on each side of the on the side.
4) No rattle.

Range: (see map of specimens in the University of Nebraska State Museum.)