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Osage Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster)

Created: April 27th, 2014 - 06:04 PM
Last Modified: April 27th, 2014 - 06:20 PM
Entered by: Chris McMartin
Record 182803
Country:
United States
State:
Kansas
County:
Leavenworth County
Time:
2014-04-26 14:43:00
Qty:
1
Age:
Adult
Sex:
--
Method:
Visual encounter
Habitat:
Wooded Hillside
Body Temperature:
-----
Air Temperature:
79.00F
Ground Temperature:
92.00F
Humidity:
36%
Sky Conditions:
Cloudy
Moon Phase:
Waning Crescent
Elevation:
992.00ft
Barometric Pressure:
752.348008886 mmHg

Notes

I climbed over this snake which was sunning among the leaf litter. I slipped and fell back downslope and apparently upset the snake. It disappeared down a hole under the leaves before I could get my camera out for a photo, but it was a very good-sized snake. Ground temperature is that of the leaf litter; spot reading taken on site.