Not a Copperhead 🐍

Tourne County Park
Morris County NJ
September 2023

“Snake phobia” seems to have recently overtaken my area as well as other parts of New Jersey. The facts are that venomous snakes (Copperheads and Rattlesnakes) are quite uncommon.

The facts also are that this is an image of a common Northern Water Snake which is the most misidentified snake around.

If you can’t identify a snake don’t go near it yet also apply the theory of “Occam’s Razor”, the most common species is likely what you are looking at.

Canon 77D + Tamron 100-400mm