SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
EACH OF THE SNAKE SPECIES IN MY SITE IS DONE USING THE LATIN TERMINOLOGY, "GENUS", "SPECIES", "SUBSPECIES". THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY NO LONGER RECOGNIZES THE SUBSPECIES BUT COLLECTORS USE IT BECAUSE IT MAKES THINGS EASIER. BELOW IS AN EXAMPLE. TOP ROW DENOTES CATEGORY, SECOND ROW DENOTES LATIN NAME AND THIRD ROW THE COMMON NAME. NOT ALL OF THE PICTURES WERE TAKEN BY ME SO I USED PICTURES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES COLLECTED SINCE 1997.
GENUS	SPECIES	SUBSPECIES
AGKISTRODON	contortrix	phaogaster
PIT VIPER	COPPERHEAD	OSAGE