Copperheads also feature an hourglass-shaped pattern on their bodies — from the head down to the tail. When curled up, this ...

South Carolina is home to all sorts of wildlife ... They hide under leaves or logs and are active in the evening. Corn snakes are colorful and can be easily spotted with their array of orange ...

Eastern kingsnakes eat rodents and other snakes, and the dreaded copperhead, South Carolina’s most populous venomous snake.

Copperheads are found across S.C. According to the South Carolina Department of Natural ... mainly including harmless species like corn snakes, juvenile rat snakes and water snakes.

There’s generally a spike in snake sightings in the warmer spring months and the late summer months, said Will Dillman, assistant chief of wildlife at the South Carolina Department of Natural ...

And like most other venomous snakes in South Carolina, copperheads have yellow eyes with black vertical and elliptical pupils. The corn snake is among the most common nonvenomous snake species ...