No. Copperheads and rattlesnakes are related, but the copperhead is notable in that it lacks a rattle.
Yes, they are pit vipers, related to the cottonmouth and rattlesnakes.
Pit vipers. Copperhead, cottonmouth, timber and eastern diamondback rattlesnakes.
There are 4 species of snakes referred to as "copperheads" but since the question was about having rattles, we may assume the person posing the question was referring to the Agkistrodon contortrix which shares its range with several types of rattlesnakes.Although both copperheads and rattlesnakes are in the Family Viperidae and the Sub-family Crotilinae, the copperhead is from the genus Agkistrodon whereas rattlesnakes are all from the genus Croatalus. Only rattlesnakes (Croatalus) have rattles (or rattlers for that matter).By the way, with respect to the other 3 "copperheads":The Australian Copperhead isn't even the same family (Elapidae)The Chinese Copperhead is the same sub-family, but is from the genus Deinagkistrodon.The Elaphe radiata, or copperhead rat snake is a non-venomous species found in southern Asia which is from a different family too (Colubridae).... and as already stated - since they are not rattlesnakes, they don't have rattles either.
There are approximately 20 species of venomous snakes in the United States. 16 species of rattlesnakes, 2 species of coral snakes, one species of cottonmouth (or water moccasin), and one species of copperhead. The most fatal bites are attributed to the eastern and western diamondback rattlesnake. While there are more cases of Copperhead bites than Rattlesnakes, their venom is less toxic.
There are approximately 38 species of snakes that are native to South Carolina, including venomous species such as the copperhead, cottonmouth, and various types of rattlesnakes.
NO not at all! They are not the same snake. Two different species of snakes.
No, rattlesnakes and rat snakes cannot interbreed.
rattlesnakes are ugly. coral snakes aren't
Native black racers have no venom: poison. The only poisonous native snakes in the US are the various rattlesnakes, the cottonmouth, the copperhead, and the little coral snake.
Rattlesnakes are related to other pit vipers such as the copperhead and the cottonmouth.
Native black racers have no venom: poison. The only poisonous native snakes in the US are the various rattlesnakes, the cottonmouth, the copperhead, and the little coral snake.
Copperhead snakes become inactive at temperatures below 50 degrees Fahrenheit.