Young adult female, vicinity of the Watchung Reservation nature reserve. Rarely encountered at this location, which represents the extreme southern range limit for the species in New Jersey. Agkistrodon contortrix is not known to occur south of this point along the Atlantic Coast for nearly 300 miles - until re-appearing near the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula.
Young adult female, vicinity of the Watchung Reservation nature reserve. Rarely encountered at this location, which represents the extreme southern range limit for the species in New Jersey. Agkistrodon contortrix is not known to occur south of this point along the Atlantic Coast for nearly 300 miles - until re-appearing near the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula.