Cottonmouth

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Description

Range & Habitat

Found In: Southeastern United States: from southeast Virginia down to south Florida, over to central Texas and into Missouri/Swamps, ponds, palmetto forests, marshes, dry forests, and wetlands

Behavior

Diet

Carnivore. Diet consists of fish, reptiles, small mammals, and amphibians

Conservation

Habitat loss and death from human-animal interactions are the major threats to this species

Fun Facts

• This species is the only venomous water snake in North America. The whole body of this species lays on the surface of the water; only the head of non-venomous species lays on the water surface