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Juvenile Cottonmouth

Agkistrodon piscivorus

Description:

Juvenile cottonmouth

Notes:

Found this Juvenile snake which appears to be a copperhead or cottonmouth, on our walk tonight. I need my new lens!! :)

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6 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Hello Teresa Burke. If you add the scientific name of cottonmouth to the space provided then the website will show your spotting as "identified". Thanks

Mandy Hollman
Mandy Hollman 12 years ago

Nice find. Glad you saw it before you got too close!

TeresaBurke
TeresaBurke 12 years ago

I think it was a juvenile cottonmouth

TeresaBurke
TeresaBurke 12 years ago

Liam- Good to know, although I didn't see his tail. Janson- I think you are right! Thanks guys. I love my Project Noah peeps!! :))

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

The edge of the banding looks very serrated. Perhaps a juvenile cottonmouth?

Liam
Liam 12 years ago

Yeah, looks like a Copperhead. Did you see the end of the tail? They have yellow there.

TeresaBurke
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TeresaBurke

Bluffton, South Carolina, USA

Spotted on Mar 28, 2012
Submitted on Mar 29, 2012

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