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Cottonmouth

Agkistrodon piscivorus

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

The body is dark overall and they have a dark eye stripe. In the first photo a bee had landed on him during the photo shoot :)

Habitat:

Found in the southeastern US near freshwater. This guy was found sitting on the bank in a swamp.

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Agkistrodon piscivorus

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PublishedMay 3, 2013

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