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Copperheads in Iowa

COPPERHEADS

Posted By: chibundo onyia (email)
Date: 8/3/2015 at 21:37:10

Dear Folks,
I’m Chibundo Onyia, a student currently working with Dr. James Mahaffy at Dordt College. Our current research is focused on establishing the historical range of copperhead snakes in Iowa. We know of irrefutable (with voucher specimens) accounts of copperhead sightings in the south eastern corner of Iowa.
We also found a few accounts of copperheads in Iowa outside these counties with vouchered specimens. Several of these were in SW corner of Iowa.  We have strong accounts from Taylor and some indication of copperheads in Page and Fremont Counties.   There is even one from the 1800’s  from Montgomery County but the account of the gal snipping off the head with scissors sound a little bit of hype     (see http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TEFFT/1999-09/0938447935).  A few more accounts would help solidify our case for the presence of copperhead snakes in your County and would significantly extend the historical range. Any help you could offer pertaining to the finding of more historical accounts would be greatly appreciated.

You can contact us on this Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1588131021454140/ or email us at chbndny@dordt.edu or james.mahaffy@dordt.edu  Thank you
In the pursuit of knowledge,
Chibundo Onyia

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