| Classification | description |
| Kingdom - Animalia | All living organism except plants and bacteria. |
| Phylum - Chordata | Animals with a nerve cord of teh central nevervous system. |
| Class - Reptalia | Cold-blooded vertebrates that breathe through lungs, usually have scales. |
| Order - Squamata | Lizards or snakes. |
| Suborder - Serpentes | Only snakes. |
| Family - Viperidae | Have movable fangs and facial pit. |
| Genus - Copperhead | A type of copperhead snake |
Some of it close relitives would be the rattle snake and the cottonmouth.
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