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Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti
A very interesting rattle snake, in that it has no rattles.
Please change the name on your spotting as per your comment. Many thanks!
Beautiful Moccasin! : ) You should add it to the mission Snakes of the World
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...
Thanks for recognizing my mistake. Yes this is a juvenile water moccasin. My appologies.
This would be an adult, a large one, at appx. 18 inches. They shake teir tails like regular rattle snakes but it makes no sound.
If I understand these properly, rattles grow larger with each shedding, the tip of the tail retains the end of each old skin. They start with nothing.