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    Species Accepted

    Agkistrodon piscivorus (Lacépède, 1789)

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      31 results
      Boca de Algodón Spanish
      Bocca di cotone Italian
      Cotton-mouth English
      Cottonmouth English
      Eastern Cottonmouth English
      Hiwa akz
      Mocassin d'eau French
      Mocassin d’eau French
      Northern Cottonmouth
      Níi wécʼa Osage

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      143 results
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      Kwet, & Axel. (2015). Neue Mokassinschlangen in Nordamerika. Terraria-Elaphe 2015 (5): 54-55.
      Doody, J. S., & Shukla, S. (2023). Natural history notes: Agkistrodon piscivorus (Cottonmouth). Diet. Herpetological Review 54 (4): 674-675.
      Cross, C.L. & C.E. Petersen. (2001). Modeling Snake Microhabitat from Radiotelemetry Studies Using Polytomous Logistic Regression. Journal of Herpetology 35 (4): 590-597.
      Braswell, A.L.; Palmer, W.M. & Beane, J.C. (2003). Venomous Snakes of North Carolina. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, 31 Pp.
      Perry, J. (1978). An Observation of ”Dance” Behavior in the Western Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae). Journal of Herpetology 12 (3): 429-431.
      Snyder, Richard C. (1945). Notes on the snakes of southeastern Alabama. Copeia 1945 (3): 173-174.
      Preston, Robert, Jr. and Dirk J. Stevenson. (2011). Geographic Distribution: Agkistrodon piscivorus (cottonmouth). Herpetological Review 42 (3): 392.
      Troost, G. (1836). On a new genus of serpents, and two new species of the genus Heterodon, inhabiting Tennessee. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York 3, P. 174-190.
      Bailey, F.C., V.A. Cobb, T.R. Rainwater, T. Worrall & M. Klukowski. (2009). Adrenocortical Effects of Human Encounters on Free-Ranging Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus). Journal of Herpetology 43 (2): 260-266.

      Citation

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