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Florida Cottonmouth

Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti

Habitat:

aquatic environments, cypress flats and wet prairies, and throughout the swamp in general.

Notes:

According to geography, this is the Florida subspecies of the Cottonmouth (a.k.a. Water Moccasin). Found this beauty blocking my path at a narrow wet section of the Florida National Scenic Trail heading south from the Oasis Visitor Center in Big Cypress National Preserve. It followed me with its eyes as I moved around to get a few pics. It only opened it's mouth briefly in a threat display when I moved my walking stick close to it to see if it would move away. It never budged though, so I ended up going around it. I had very much hoped to see one on my swamp walk.

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3 Comments

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 9 years ago

Excellent spotting and photos, Livan.

jamiewgoodspeed
jamiewgoodspeed 10 years ago

cool i was just in that area looking for one but i found a lot more birds than snakes. :) this is a very artistic photo of one!

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

Definitely a very pretty one! Glad you got to see him since you were hoping to find one :)

LivanEscudero
Spotted by
LivanEscudero

Florida, USA

Spotted on Mar 24, 2014
Submitted on Mar 24, 2014

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