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What is a pilot rattlesnake?
Rattlesnake pilot may refer to: Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus, also known as the broad-banded copperhead, a venomous viper species found in the United States. Lampropeltis getula getula, also known as the eastern kingsnake, a harmless colubrid found in the eastern United States.
How do you tell the difference between a male and female diamondback rattlesnake?
Like most rattlesnakes, western diamondbacks are sexually dimorphic: males and females look different. Males are bigger, with relatively wider heads and longer tails than females. Rattlesnakes can vary a lot in color and pattern, even if they are the same species!
What is the difference between a male and female rattlesnake?
One of the differentiating features of males and females is the males have thicker and longer tails (because they contain the inverted hemipenes). Also, the tails of males taper gradually from the body, whereas the tails of females narrow abruptly at the vent.
How do you tell the difference between a male and female copperhead?
Females are longer than males, but males have proportionally longer tails. The bodies of A. contortrix are stout and taper abruptly to form the much smaller diameter tail. Immature copperheads have tails that are bright yellow, and they may use these colored tails to attract prey.
What are pilot snakes?
Pilot snake may refer to: Pantherophis alleghaniensis a.k.a. the eastern or black ratsnake, a harmless colubrid found in North America. Agkistrodon contortrix, a.k.a. the copperhead, a venomous viper found in the United States.
What type of snake is a pilot?
Black rat snakes are known to some as “pilot snakes” for the mistaken belief that they lead other snakes, including rattlesnakes, to suitable winter denning areas.
How can you tell a male snake from a female snake?
Starts here1:48How to Tell If Your Snake is Male or Female | Pet Snakes – YouTubeYouTube
Do copperheads breed with rattlesnakes?
MYTH! Although it is sometimes possible for similar species to interbreed, such events are extremely rare. The young resulting from such an event are usually unable to breed. There is no documented account of a venomous snake species interbreeding with a non- venomous species.