Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti
  • Average size:  20-48 inches; Record 74.5 inches.  Young are 10-13
    inches at birth.  
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  • Range:  Throughout Florida.
  • Diet:  Fish, frogs, lizards, snakes, small turtles, salamanders, baby
    alligators, small mammals and birds.
  • Status:  Fairly common but not often encountered.  Found along most
    waterways including lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, road side ditches,
    etc.  I think you get the picture, just about anywhere there is water.
  • Closely resembles the more common non-venomous Water Snakes.  
    Most people think that when they see a snake near a waterway they're
    seeing a Water Moccasin (another name for the Cottonmouth).  
    However, in many cases they're seeing one of the more common water
    snake species.
  • Cottonmouth bites can be very dangerous.  The victim must seek
    immediate care at a hospital or doctor with snake bite treatment
    experience.


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Florida Cottonmouth
Florida Backyard Snakes
The above pair was taken
at Payne's Prairie,
Gainesville late spring
2005.  Cottonmouths were
everywhere.  It was the
highest concentration in
one place that I have ever
seen.  Great photo
opportunity.