I found a snake (forgot to tak a picture) it looked just like this but thicker. And I know delays brown snakes are not aggressive at all but this guy was trying to bite me and was very aggressive. He didn’t have a yellow tail like a copperhead tho. Anyone know or have experience with these snakes? I think they both look awesome.
Copperhead or delays brown?
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Dekays
I'm not familiar with "delay's" or dekays, but I am familiar with copperheads, and that is not one.
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Definitely a DeKay's Snake.
For comparison, here is a Copperhead which I caught in my yard in GA. Note the banded pattern as well as the large triangular head, neither of which DeKay's Snakes (like the one in your photo) would have:
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???? If you see both species frequently as you say, I don't understand how you could mistake a DeKay's Snake for a Copperhead.Yes I run into copperheads a lot when I mow the lawn (they are so cute) but I just don’t know why the dekays brown snakes are so aggressive near me
I only run into adult copperheads. Never baby copperheads and I use to think dekays were baby copperheads. But come to think about it I’ve never seen a baby copperhead.
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But still the patterns and the head sizes and shapes are totally different. The babies of both species look just like the adults.
Yea they don’t look similar I kinda always new it was a dekays but was confused about why it was aggressive and wanted other peoples opinions before I picked it up
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