﻿Smithsonian 
  Report. 
  1943. 
  Cochran 
  

  

  PLATE 
  3 
  

  

  1. 
  Carolina 
  pigmy 
  rattler 
  (Sistrurus 
  miliarius), 
  also 
  called 
  ground 
  rattler. 
  Color: 
  grayish 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   darker 
  rounded 
  blotches 
  and 
  a 
  reddish 
  band 
  along 
  the 
  back. 
  Length: 
  2 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  North 
  Carolina 
  to 
  

   Georgia 
  and 
  Alabama. 
  Poisonous. 
  (Courtesy 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  Gardner 
  Lynn.) 
  

  

  2. 
  Copperhead 
  (Agkistrodon 
  moke 
  son), 
  also 
  called 
  rattlesnake 
  pilot, 
  chunk-head, 
  and 
  highland 
  moccasin. 
  

   Color: 
  pale 
  brown, 
  pinkish 
  or 
  light 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  chestnut-brown 
  hour-glass-shaped 
  

   markings 
  (see 
  pi. 
  1). 
  Length: 
  4 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  Massachusetts 
  to 
  Georgia 
  and 
  the 
  Carolinas, 
  exclusive 
  

   of 
  peninsular 
  Florida. 
  Not 
  aggressive 
  unless 
  disturbed. 
  Poisonous. 
  (Courtesy 
  Philadelphia 
  Zoological 
  

   Society.) 
  

  

  