3. Copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix. 



Length, forty inches ; hazel-brown, top of head copper-color; back, witli black spots spreading on the sides; 

 belly, yellowish, with black spots; forehead covered with larger plates or scales than those of neck; poisonous fang- 

 teeth in the upper jaw ; tail ending in a horny point with no rattles. 



Western and Southern. 



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