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