It’s a water snake. In Pennsylvania, snakes with rattles are rattlesnakes. All other snakes are coppperheads.

Water snake

Northern water snake. Common name around these parts is banded water snake

Copperhead has more spots not stripes.

He said moved FROM Iowa to Arkansas.

Water snake
Handled a few removing from houses. Snappy little suckers , they like to strike when messed with. Gotta wear protective gear when grabbing them without snake tongs.

Looks a tad dull , maybe due for a shedding soon.

Definitely a venomous water snake. What we call a banded water snake.

Non venomous sorry about that

Northern, Southern and banded water snakes all have an anticoagulant in their saliva, that makes you bleed a lot when bit. They have live births. I had a big female have 46 babies once. In Ohio, the ones I have caught on big bodies of water have mean temperaments and the ones away from water and on small ponds and creeks have been more docile. It's common to see a big female with 20 or more small males trying to breed her all at once in the Spring. It makes it very easy to catch a handful of them, if you don't mind getting bit.

Back when we could sell water snakes I caught hundreds. They never sold well, though they are easy to keep. Their poop stinks really bad, which probably hurt sales.

Keith

I haven't looked but most States will have a site with all their reptiles and amphibians.I am sure he could go there and find it,quickly.If not,look up Northern Water snake.

Carl52,I want a cut of that $20,000!

That looks nothing like a Copperhead. Similar to a Cottonmouth, but as already stated, a banded water snake.

im with the water snake crowd

This conversation had me laughing pretty hard. I first looked at the pic before reading the comments and after a glance said water snake. Then couldn’t believe all of the copperhead votes. Evidently they haven’t killed many copperheads. My mom and dad must have lived by a den. We killed about 15-20 a summer growing up. The head is what is the dead give away among other things. I’ll admit those dang water snakes have made me high step before taking a good look at them though. Have mistaken them for cottonmouths for a second or two.

not with round pupils and not hourglass markings

agreed

yep

Round pupils not venomous

no such thing as a venomous water snake, water snake family (colubridae) is non-venomous.

don't like this copperhead to me

Winner!