Western Cottonmouth
Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma
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Description: COMING SOON
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Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Class Reptilia, Order, Squamata, Suborder Serpentes, Infraorder Alethinophidia, Family Viperidae, Subfamily Crotalinae, Genus Agkistrodon, Species piscivorus
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Distribution of the Cottonmouth in Tennessee
Map by Susan Marden, TWRA, GIS Lab