{"id":186,"date":"2023-07-19T02:10:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T02:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snakesnap.eastcoastdigital.marketing\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2024-11-12T03:03:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T03:03:40","slug":"florida-cottonmouth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/florida-cottonmouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Cottonmouth"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"186\" class=\"elementor elementor-186\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5cef32 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5cef32\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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data-id=\"1cb678e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68a9b43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68a9b43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Agkistrodon-piscivorous-conanti-10-2-rewll2e8jnz5133dotbxh9z79g2elwtoj8t64d5vwk.jpg\" title=\"Agkistrodon piscivorous conanti 10 (2)\" alt=\"Agkistrodon piscivorous conanti 10 (2)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7cbca1\" data-id=\"d7cbca1\" 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elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f5c4db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-29525cb\" data-id=\"29525cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0b7c95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0b7c95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><i>Agkistrodon piscivorous conanti<\/i><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0a3322 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0a3322\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Alternate Name(s):<\/h3><p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Water Mocassin&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4226,&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16776960},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Nunito&quot;}\">Water Mocassin<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Venom Status:<\/h3><p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Venomous&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:6272,&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16711680},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Nunito&quot;}\">Venomous<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Characteristics:<\/h3><p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;This is a heavy bodied, dark colored, coastal plain snake. Lengths of more than 4 feet are rare today but 6 footers were once common.The snake will throw its head back and gape widely if threatened, displaying the cotton color. Head and facial markings sharply defined. Babies brightly banded in tans and russet As the snakes age and grow the bands fade and darken to olive and black, and continue to fade until, except for their whitish face and belly markings, fully adult Florida cottonmouths are almost entirely black. Facial markings include light (whitish) upper and lower labial (lip) scales; a broad, light-edged dark bar from eye to the back of the head; a pair of thin vertical dark lines edging the rostral (nosetip) scale; a pair of dark lines on the chin (each starting at the mental (chin) scale. There are 25 scale rows.Neonates have a yellow tailtip. Note the vertical pupils and infrared sensing pit between, but lower than, the nostril and eye and dark coloration.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:14464,&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Nunito&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:12}\">This is a heavy bodied, dark colored, coastal plain snake. Lengths of more than 4 feet are rare today but 6 footers were once common.The snake will throw its head back and gape widely if threatened, displaying the cotton color. Head and facial markings sharply defined. Babies brightly banded in tans and russet As the snakes age and grow the bands fade and darken to olive and black, and continue to fade until, except for their whitish face and belly markings, fully adult Florida cottonmouths are almost entirely black. Facial markings include light (whitish) upper and lower labial (lip) scales; a broad, light-edged dark bar from eye to the back of the head; a pair of thin vertical dark lines edging the rostral (nosetip) scale; a pair of dark lines on the chin (each starting at the mental (chin) scale. There are 25 scale rows.Neonates have a yellow tailtip. Note the vertical pupils and infrared sensing pit between, but lower than, the nostril and eye and dark coloration.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Unique Features:<\/h3><p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Cottonmouths of all 3 subspecies often bask or forage well back from the water, to which they will usually attempt to return if startled. Their escape route may bring them directly toward the startling object\u2014human included. They may also bask or seek road-killed animals as a food source on roadways, paved or unpaved. The name \u201ccottonmouth\u201d is derived from the cottony white color of the mouth interior.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:14464,&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Nunito&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:12}\">Cottonmouths of all 3 subspecies often bask or forage well back from the water, to which they will usually attempt to return if startled. Their escape route may bring them directly toward the startling object\u2014human included. They may also bask or seek road-killed animals as a food source on roadways, paved or unpaved. The name \u201ccottonmouth\u201d is derived from the cottony white color of the mouth interior.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Habitat and Diet:<\/h3><p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Also known as the \u201cwater moccasin,\u201d brush tangles on the banks of ponds, sloughs, lake edges and other such aquatic habitats are home to this semi aquatic snake. Primarily feeds on fish, amphibians, small mammals, small birds; roadkills&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:14466,&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16777215},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Nunito&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:12}\">Also known as the \u201cwater moccasin,\u201d brush tangles on the banks of ponds, sloughs, lake edges and other such aquatic habitats are home to this semi aquatic snake. Primarily feeds on fish, amphibians, small mammals, small birds; roadkills<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Geographic Range:<\/h3><p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;FL, AL, GA&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4225,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Nunito&quot;}\">FL, AL, GA<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-79f20bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79f20bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9120bde\" data-id=\"9120bde\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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Serious snake envenomation is treated with antivenin.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhattodoifYouAreBittenbyaVenomousSnake-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhattodoifYouAreBittenbyaVenomousSnake-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhattodoifYouAreBittenbyaVenomousSnake-600x360.png 600w, https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhattodoifYouAreBittenbyaVenomousSnake.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/what-to-do-if-you-are-bitten-by-a-venomous-snake\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tWhat to Do If You Are Bitten By a Venomous Snake\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tJuly 10, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-avatar\">\n\t\t\tNo Comments\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2387 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-non-venomous\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/how-do-rat-snakes-climb\/\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HowDoRatSnakesClimb-300x180.png?wsr\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2388\" alt=\"Snakes don&apos;t have hands, feet, claws, or sticky toe pads, but they can climb trees without them. They can also swim, burrow, crawl, and even glide. Whatever they do, their physical composition remains unchanged. Burrowing snakes lack claws, flying snakes lack wings, and water snakes lack fins.\u00a0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HowDoRatSnakesClimb-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HowDoRatSnakesClimb-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HowDoRatSnakesClimb-600x360.png 600w, https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HowDoRatSnakesClimb.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/how-do-rat-snakes-climb\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tHow Do Rat Snakes Climb?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMay 10, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-avatar\">\n\t\t\tNo Comments\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2384 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-non-venomous\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/what-are-the-differences-between-snakes-and-legless-lizards\/\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TheDifferencesBetweenSnakesandLeglessLizards-300x180.jpg?wsr\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2386\" alt=\"In addition to the primary distinction that exists between them in terms of species, legless lizards and snakes are distinguished from one another in a variety of anatomical and environmental aspects.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TheDifferencesBetweenSnakesandLeglessLizards-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TheDifferencesBetweenSnakesandLeglessLizards-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TheDifferencesBetweenSnakesandLeglessLizards-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TheDifferencesBetweenSnakesandLeglessLizards.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/what-are-the-differences-between-snakes-and-legless-lizards\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tWhat Are the Differences Between Snakes and Legless Lizards?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tApril 10, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-avatar\">\n\t\t\tNo Comments\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2381 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-venomous\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/what-are-snakes-good-for\/\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatareSnakesGoodFor-300x180.jpg?wsr\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2382\" alt=\"No other kind of animal can rival the curiosity and sensations that snakes represent.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatareSnakesGoodFor-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatareSnakesGoodFor-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatareSnakesGoodFor-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatareSnakesGoodFor.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/what-are-snakes-good-for\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tWhat Are Snakes Good For?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMarch 10, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-avatar\">\n\t\t\tNo Comments\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agkistrodon piscivorous conanti Alternate Name(s): Water Mocassin \u00a0 Venom Status: Venomous \u00a0 Characteristics: This is a heavy bodied, dark colored, coastal plain snake. Lengths of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-venomous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5410,"href":"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions\/5410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semhandyman.com\/stag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}