The cottonmouth, also known as the water moccasin, is a venomous snake found throughout Florida. There are more than 40 ...

Among the 30 or so snakes was a neonate (young snake) and two different color phases of adults. ... Other names for this snake are "water moccasin" and "trap jaw." OKSNAKES.ORG/Courtesy.

Goodwin also emphasized that the several varieties of water snake in Oklahoma, including diamondback, blotched and northern, among others, are much more plentiful and widespread than are cottonmouths.

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The cottonmouth, also known as the water moccasin, is a venomous snake found throughout Florida. There are more than 40 species of snakes that are native to Florida, but only six of them are venomous.

That told them that the snake was likely a venomous adult water moccasin. Though fang marks seem like a good indicator of a venomous species, a row-like mark is not necessarily safe, said Abo ...