Common name: cottonmouth
Class: Reptilia
Location: south eastern United States
Description of Habitat: creeks, streams, and marshes
Facts: Only semiauquatic viper. Is venomous. Will not attack unprovocated.
Human impact: people kill them and loss of habitat due to human development.
Class: Reptilia
Location: south eastern United States
Description of Habitat: creeks, streams, and marshes
Facts: Only semiauquatic viper. Is venomous. Will not attack unprovocated.
Human impact: people kill them and loss of habitat due to human development.
Sources:
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Agkistrodon_piscivorus/
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Agkistrodon&species=piscivorus
http://eol.org/pages/452959/details
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Agkistrodon_piscivorus/
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Agkistrodon&species=piscivorus
http://eol.org/pages/452959/details