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Agkistrodon piscivorus
(redirected from Cottonmouth water moccasin)

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Noun1.Agkistrodon piscivorus - venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United StatesAgkistrodon piscivorus - venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
cottonmouth, cottonmouth moccasin, water moccasin
pit viper - New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head
Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Agkistrodon, genus Ancistrodon - copperheads
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The book says far Southwestern New Mexico has a few coral snakes and poisonous Gila monster lizards, but the state has no native copperheads or cottonmouth water moccasins, venomous snakes found in the Southeast.
SNAKEBITE 101: FORGET THE KIT AND HEAD TO HOSPITAL by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
Venomous snakes include the diamondback rattlesnake, which has diamond-shaped body markings bordered in yellow and a tail rattle; the canebrake rattlesnake, gray-brown or pink-beige in color with dark bands across the body and an orange stripe down the back; the pygmy rattlesnake, gray with round reddish-orange spots and a buzzing rattle; and the cottonmouth water moccasin, olive brown or black with a dark band from the eye to the jaw.
Flora & Fauna by Spence, Sharon Lloyd; Lieb, Warren / Southeast Florida Adventure Guide
Snakes, including the copperhead, cottonmouth water moccasin, eastern coral snake, and several varieties of rattlesnakes all have potentially deadly bites.
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