The well-known copperhead is often mistaken for lesser-known species of nonvenomous snakes. One common snake that is ...

As an adult, the eastern black rat snake will grow to be about 5 feet ... People confuse all kinds of snakes for copperheads, especially juvenile rat snakes, hog-nosed snakes and watersnakes.

Those squeamish photos show a burly, 4-foot-long eastern indigo snake that had eaten not just one, but two other snakes – a young rat snake and a juvenile eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake.

Also known as the black rat snake or chicken snake, this constrictor is found widely in the eastern United States. The adults are usually 6 feet (1.8 meters) in length, but a few are 8 feet (2.4 ...

Those squeamish photos show a burly, 4-foot-long eastern indigo snake that had eaten not just one, but two other snakes – a young rat snake and a juvenile eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake.