Name: Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma
Location found: Big branch trip number 2
Habitat: Almost anywhere water is found.
is an aquatic, heavy-boded snake with hemotoxic venom, meaning that it breaks down blood and tissue cells, causing hemorrhaging. Thriving in the warm, moist environment of the wetlands, the western cottonmouth reproduces rapidly and is among the most common reptile species in southern Louisiana.
Karl Netzhammer
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