cotton mouth by MysticBlueRaven
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Description
cotton mouth(water moccasin)Agkistrodon piscivorus
The Cottonmouth snake is related to the copperhead but more dangerous. Venom is highly toxic with severe tissue destruction. Bites are fairly frequent in the southern United States. Color dark or nearly black, especially in adult of the species. There is a clear difference in the appearance of adult cottonmouths and juvenile snakes of the species.
Average length 3
Comments (5)
Leeco
The info about cotton mouth water mocassins is correct but I agree with Traces about this not being a cotton mouth. The pupils indicate a non-poisonous species as does the shape of the head. Venemous snakes have very triangular shaped heads that are wider than the neck and this one doesn't.
claudialee
EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! So far this is the first snake I've seen this year in N.C. (Hate snakes - learned the lesson from Eve and Cleopatra didn't do us any favors either.} So, with that in mind, great shot, and thank God the darned thing was going the other way. MUCH HUGS!!!!
MysticBlueRaven
Thank you very much Leeco, I wasn't sure about that snake. Looks like Tracesl deleted his post
jcv2
Impressive capture, quite a stunning shot to see this snake swimming here!
SMILEYDEE
Very nice and brave shot Sis! I don't know what kind of snake it is or much of anything about snakes but according to Dr.Geek on the Sci-Fi channel the only way to tell if a snake is poisonous is in the eyes, the ones with the eyes that look like cats eyes are poisonous the head thing is a myth. sorry Leeco.