Cotton mouth snake

Cotton mouth/water moccasin Snake- venomous and highly aggressive pit viper native to Eastern NC west to the Raleigh/Durham area, distinguishable by their white inside mouths.

If you look closely at the eye of this Florida Cottonmouth, not only will you see how cool its pupil looks, you will also see a reflection of its habitat. Miami-Dade County, Florida

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Cottonmouth Water Moccasin

Cotton mouth

moccasin, (genus Agkistrodon), either of two venomous aquatic New World snakes of the viper family (Viperidae): the water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus) or the Mexican moccasin (A. bilineatus). Both are pit vipers (subfamily Crotalinae), so named because of the characteristic sensory pit between each eye and nostril. The water moccasin inhabits marshy lowlands of the southeastern United States. It is also known as the cottonmouth, because it threatens with the mouth open, showing the…

How To Identify Dangerous Snakes from Safe Ones

Western Cottonmouth Water Moccasin is a thick-bodied VENOMOUS snake. When frightened, the cottonmouth will pop its mouth open. The skin inside its mouth is bright white-and the reason it is called "Cottonmouth." Western cottonmouths prefer lowland swamps, lakes, rivers, sloughs, irrigation ditches, rice fields and salt marshes, but are not confined to living in moist habitats.

Cottonmouth snakes, also known as water moccasins, are venomous snakes found throughout the southeastern U.S. that can be identified by the white color in their mouths.