cottonmouth, water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus)

Query: Iconographia zoologica

Result: 897^th of 1524

Subject:	cottonmouth, water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
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WATER-VIPER

Trigonocephalus piscivorus
Date 1802
Source/Photographer Shaw Genaral Zoology III
Old Latin name Trigonocephalus piscivorus
New Latin name Agkistrodon piscivorus
Common name Nederlands: Watermoccasinslang
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trigonocephalus_piscivorus_-_1802_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ11700045.tif

The cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus), also known as water moccasin, swamp moccasin, black moccasin, cottonmouth, gapper, or simply viper, is a venomous snake, a species of pit viper, found in the southeastern United States. Adults are large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite.

Iconographia zoologica
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