Gallery: Hybrids  

Owner Chuck Hurd of Chuck Hurd Serpentology. This is a male Canebrake X Eastern Diamondback that was produced by Roark Ferguson of Roark's Reptile Safari in 2006. The mother was a 4 year old virgin EDB, father was an 11 year old canebrake.	Owner Chuck Hurd of Chuck Hurd Serpentology. An over head view of the Cane x EDB showing the back pattern. Notice how the diamonds fade to chevrons toward the tail.	Owner Chuck Hurd of Chuck Hurd Serpentology. An over head view of the Cane x EDB showing a better view of the head pattern. Some hybrids favor the canes more and some the EDBs, however, the spotted head pattern seem to be universal among these hybrids.
This F1 female cottonhead is owned by Chuck Hurd of Chuck Hurd Serpentology. She was originally breed by Mardi Snipes of Coastal Reptiles in 2003. She is part of the original captive cottonhead breeding project. Note the simi-gapping of the mouth.	Side angle of the Hurd animal. Note the underlying blackish tent to the otherwise copperhead colors.	This F1 male cottonhead is owned by Bart Borchert of Sandhill Reptiles. He was originally breed by Mardi Snipes of Coastal Reptiles in 2003. He is part of the original captive cottonhead breeding project.
Another angle of the Borchert animal. Notice how he has a much more "southern copperhead appearance" then his sister.	Owner Chuck Hurd of Chuck Hurd Serpentology. This is a wild caught cotton X copper hybrid that was found in central GA. Specimen was acquired from Chad Mintor, author of Venomous Reptiles of the Southeast.	Owed by Chuck Hurd of Chuck Hurd Serpentology, this 2007 neonate copper x cotton hybrid was captive born from a large holding tank that contained both copperheads and cottonmouths. Notice the head shape and body bulk of a juvenile cottonmouth, but the light background and hourglass pattern of a copperhead.
This animal is the only other known captive propagation of cottonheads, outside of the Mardi Snipes pair that is now owned by Bart Borchert. This is a crossing of a FL cottonmouth and a Trans-Pecos copperhead. Only one of those F1's is know to still be alive. Note the much darker coloration and the more uniform bands.	This is the original mating pair that produced the F1's in 2003, 2005, and 2007. This is a collected southern male copperhead and a collected female FL cottonmouth. They were originally owned by Mardi Snipes of Coastal Reptiles, but now belong to Bart Borchert of Sandhill Reptiles.	This is a copulation of the original pair.
This photo courtesy of Bill Cope. This is an F1 EDB X Canebrake. The result of a captive breeding of two collected adults.	These two Canebrake X Eastern Diamondbacks are owned by George Van Horn at the St. Cloud Serpentarium in Florida. They originated from a breeding at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia South Carolina.	Another photo of the Van Horn animals. Note the distinctive patterns on the head.
Another photo of the Van Horn animals. Note how the diamonds fade to chevrons further toward the vent.	This animal is owned by Chuck Hurd of Chuck Hurd Serpentology. This is a cross of an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake and a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake. In this photo the snake is a yearling.  Notice the wide and outlined diamonds of the EDB, but fading to appear more like a WDB toward the vent. Some siblings displayed the white tail banding, but not this one.	More over head view of the Hurd animal. Notice the facial markings of an EDB, but more of a WDB head shape.
Owner Roark Ferguson of Roark's Reptile Safari. This is a small adult male cotton X copper hybrid.	Owner unknown. A striking example of a Canebrake X Eastern Diamondback hybrid.	Owner unknown. An obvious visual example of a cotton x copper hybrid. Due to the deeper chestnut coloration, perhaps the northern copperhead was used in this pairing. Linage known.
Owner David Weathers. This was a female Canebrake X Eastern Diamondback. David captured an EDB in south GA that was gravid with hybrid babies. This was one of those offspring.	.

Return to photo Galleries     Return to ChuckHurd.com