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Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti
"The cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) is North America’s only venomous aquatic snake. It gets its common name from the inner white lining of the mouth, which is displayed during this species’ characteristic defensive gaping behaviour."
"The cottonmouth is a ground-dwelling, semi-aquatic snake, and may be found in a variety of habitats. These include riparian zones around streams, river floodplains, swamps, wetlands and marshes. It may also be found in drainage ditches, as well as in ponds and streams within pine forest and offshore keys. The cottonmouth is usually found close to water and occurs up to elevations of 700 metres.
Also known as a water moccasin
Spotted on Nov 12, 2008
Submitted on Aug 2, 2012
27 Comments (1–25)
Marvelous!
Wow! Nice.
Congrats Geoffrey on your SOTD, very well deserved.
congratulations! on your SOTD. well deserved. :)
What a cute little baby! Congrats!
great shots - it's good you get get the inside of his mouth - well done !!
Congratulations on your SOTD!
Fabulous shot, fabulous snake!!!
Wow what an incredible shot Congratulations Geoffrey
Congrats
Awesome captures, Geoffrey! Congratulations!
Congrats for SOTD
Thank you everyone! And thanks to Project Noah for featuring the photo!
Its Awesome...Nice Click my Friend.. :)
Congrats Geoffrey...:-)
Congratulations Geoffrey.
great series Congratulations !!
wow awesome
Contributions !!!
Beautiful photo! I got bit by one of them... pain is unbelievable! Not sure what criteria was used in the quote above to determine they're an "aquatic snake" and the only venomous ones in North America, but I've seen plenty of copperheads swimming in local rivers here (South Carolina) and they're venomous too :)
Beautiful snake and a great shot of the head too.
This awesome and educational close-up shows us how this awesome snake earned its name! Thanks for all the awesome contributions.
"Also known as a Water Moccasin, the Cottonmouth is the only venomous aquatic snake found in North America."
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Good series, glad it posed so nicely
Wow Espectacular gran toma
Impressive shots, Geoffrey!