Trans-Pecos Copperhead
Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster

 

DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Agkistrodon c. pictigaster occurs only in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas from Val Verde County, Crockett County, and Upton County westward into the Davis Mountains and throughout the Big Bend area. Along the eastern edge of its range this species intergrades with the Broad-banded Copperhead.

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