Photo of a Florida Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti)
Photo: Jose, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Florida Cottonmouth

Agkistrodon conanti

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Pit Viper
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Agkistrodon
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Common

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About

Florida Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in United States. It lives in habitats such as subtropical forest, broadleaf forest, pine forest, flooded forest and 18 more. Common: recorded in 803 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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