1. 6 synonyms for Blacksnake: black rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta, mountain Blacksnake, pilot Blacksnake, black racer, Coluber constrictor

2. “In Mark Wunderlich's terrific third collection,The Earth Avails, the earth is replete with creatures--coyote, bees, 'rat snake coiled in the cellar beams'--and the speaker moves through the world, mindful and voicing apotropaic letters, charms, and prayers

3. Agkistrodon contortrix, or Copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America; Austrelaps, or Australian Copperhead, a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania; Coelognathus radiata, or the Copperhead rat snake, a non-venomous species found in southern Asia; Deinagkistrodon acutus, or the Chinese Copperhead, a venomous pit viper …