Water Moccasins Or Cottonmouths. Water moccasins or cottonmouths present as three species. The venomous cottonmouth snake is one of the most feared animals in the Eastern US, and often misidentified and confused with harmless water snakes.
Water Moccasin The water moccasin, also known as moccasin snake, and cottonmouth (called this because when it Trap jaw, water moccasin, and cottonmouth are the more common names for it. The Water Moccasin is unafraid of salt water, and has managed to swim out to sea, colonizing small barrier Gulf Coast The Cottonmouth's venomous bite is reported as being more painful than it's cousin's, the Copperhead, but less painful than that of either. Yes all water moccasins are cottonmouth.
Difference between Water Moccasin and Cottonmouth.
But all water snakes or not poisonous there is a difference a water moccasin is poisonous a water snake is not.
It occurs as one of three. The cottonmouth , also called a water moccasin, is a poisonous (venomous) snake found in southeastern and south central North America. Cottonmouth or Water Moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus).
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