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This snake was found on the edge of a creek in Oklahoma. Agkistrodon piscivorus is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. It is one of the world's few semiaquatic vipers (along with the Florida cottonmouth), and is native to the Southeastern United States. [5]
The Florida cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti) is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae.The species is endemic to the United States, where it occurs in southern Georgia and the Florida peninsula in nearly every type of wetlands in the region, including brackish water and offshore islands.
Generally passive in nature, the cottonmouth prefers not to cross paths with humans. In fact, they will only attack in self defense, accounting for less than 1% of U.S. snake bite deaths ...
Swimming snakes, spiders, bears, 1,000 pound alligators and even the most venomous snake in the country make the list. ... A cottonmouth snake curls up on the surface of a pond.
Cottonmouth. A cottonmouth snake curls up on the surface of a pond. Cottonmouth snakes are venomous, semi-aquatic snakes that are strong swimmers and live near water.
Some varieties of the genus are given the common name "moccasin" or "moccasin snake" in the United States, which is the Algonquian word for "shoe". The origin of this nickname is unknown. The first known use of "moccasin" to refer to a deadly venomous snake was in a 1765 publication. The nickname is used to refer to both cottonmouths and ...
Cottonmouth snakes, also known as water moccasins, are cousins of copperheads — a venomous snake frequently seen in the Triangle. Although cottonmouths are primarily found in the eastern part of ...
Common names: Eastern cottonmouth, cottonmouth moccasin, water moccasin, moccasin [4] [5] Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus was formerly a venomous pitviper, one of three subspecies of Agkistrodon piscivorus, with different geographic distributions, [6] found in the southeastern United States.