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Comments:  This venomous species was a common sight on all but the coolest days during field work in search of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. After the first week, I hardly felt awake in the morning until I'd seen my first poisonous snake! Photographed in the White River area of Arkansas (4/2006). Photos by Bill Hubick © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.