Red Snake

Red snake may refer to:

  • Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix, a.k.a. the southern copperhead, a venomous pitviper found in the United States
  • Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, a.k.a. the northern copperhead, a venomous pitviper found in the United States
  • Heterodon platirhinos, a.k.a. the eastern hog-nosed snake, a harmless colubrid found in the United States
  • The Red Snake Roulette Bet

Famous quotes containing the words red and/or snake:

    “For which he wex a litel red for shame,
    Whan he the peple upon him herde cryen,
    That to beholde it was a noble game,
    How sobreliche he caste doun his yen.
    Criseyda gan al his chere aspyen,
    And let so softe it in her herte sinke
    That to herself she seyde, “Who yaf me drinke?””
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)

    “The great snake lies ever half awake, at the bottom of the pit of the world, curled
    In folds of himself until he awakens in hunger and moving his head to right and to left prepares for his hour to devour.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)