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water moccasin

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
water moccasin or cottonmouth, highly venomous snake , Ancistrodon piscivorus, of the swamps and bayous of the S United States. Like the closely related copperhead, it is a pit viper and has a heat-sensitive organ for detecting warm-blooded prey. The young are born live. The young snake is a pale reddish brown with transverse dark brown bands edged with white; as it ages the colors dull to a blotched olive or brown and then to an unmarked olive or blackish in old specimens. The maximum length is 6 ft (2 m), the average from 3 to 4 ft (90-120 cm). A good climber, the water moccasin... Read more
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition moccasin snake: see water moccasin . Author not available, MOCCASIN. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008 Read more
copperhead
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition copperhead poisonous snake, Ancistrodon contortrix, of the E United States. Like its close relative, the water moccasin, the copperhead is a member of the pit viper family and detects its warm-blooded prey by means of a heat-sensitive organ behind ... Read more

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