Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)

Query: cottonmouth

Result: 59^th of 62

Subject:	Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)
Poster:	Phoby (phoby@notmyphoto.com)

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The Northern Water Snake - Nerodia sipedon sipedon - a common, non-venoemous water snake. Often mistaken for the Eastern Cottonmouth or Water Mocassin, Agkistrodon piscivorus. The known range for the latter does not extend further north than the Great Dismal Swamp.

Image ID: line0680, America's Coastlines Collection
Location: Patuxent River, Maryland
Photo Date: 1994 October 8
Photographer: Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist, NOAA

Photo Source:
The NOAA Photo Library - http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) - http://www.noaa.gov/
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Scientific Name: Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Names: Lake Erie Water Snake, Northern Water Snake

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