 It looks like, is it? Absolutely not. Copperheads are very distinctive. They have a copper head, and the shades can vary. The shades of copper can vary just like they would in an ordinary one-cent penny. They could be bright and shiny. They could just jump right out at you, or they could be a drab copper. But there are no markings on the head of a copperhead. Again, there's no markings on the head of a water snake either, but the head and the body of a copperhead are very, very distinctive.