Mole Kingsnake vs. Eastern Copperhead

Both are brown, blotched snakes on the same roads and in the same old fields; the copperhead is venomous. A: Small separate blotches in the Mole Kingsnake; hourglass bands, narrow over the spine, wide on the sides in the Eastern Copperhead. B: Narrow, not set off from the neck; round pupils in the Mole Kingsnake; broad, triangular, copper-coloured, set off from the neck in the Eastern Copperhead. C: Brighter blotches on a silvery ground in the Mole Kingsnake; a bright yellow tail tip in the Eastern Copperhead.

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