The snake in the picture is an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus. This is apparent because of the black and gold diamond-patterning and, of course, the rattle. This species does not reach eight and a half feet long. That would be the world's largest rattlesnake ever known to science.
Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania. Perkiomenville is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Perkiomenville is located in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area of the Northeastern United States.
Perry County Thumbnail. Perry County (1820), originally part of Cumberland County, is located in the south central section of Pennsylvania and consists of 564 square miles. It is composed of twenty-one townships and nine boroughs, of which Liverpool is one. It is bordered on the east by the Susquehenna River, the north by the Tuscarora Mountain, the south by the Blue Mountain, these two mountain ranges merge on the western edge of the county. The Juniata River crosses the county also.