The field guide said: “Copperhead snakes live in wet wooded areas, and mountainous habitats. Dry leaves, rotten logs, stone walls, wooded hills, and piles of trash are favorite hiding places for copperheads. Usually ponds, streams, or swamps are nearby. Adults are generally 2 – 3 feet long and live up to about twenty years. Their general appearance is light brown or pinkish with darker, saddle shaped cross bands. Their head is a shiny copper color. Each scale on a copperhead’s body has a small ridge down the side. Their leaf-pattern camouflage permits copperheads to be sit-and-wait predators, concealed not only from their prey, but also from their enemies...
