English

copperhead

Arapaho

niibe’e’eit siisiiyei

Translation of Arapaho

‘snake with a red/copper head’

Technical Information

the Copperhead is Agkistrodon contortrix.

 

Copperheads and theArapaho

The Arapaho name is probably just a translation of the English name. Copperheads do not occur in the western US. They do occur in Oklahoma, however.