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If you’ve ever spent time at a river or lake, you’ve most likely been warned about a water moccasin or cottonmouth. These ...

The Brazos water snake, Nerodia harteri, is endemic to a single location in the United States. It thrives in the Brazos River basin of Texas, where there is an abundance of food, camouflage, and ...

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and apparently, that rule absolutely applies to the local reptiles. If you spend ...

Contrary to popular belief, water moccasins and cottonmouth snakes are the same snakes. Both terms refer to the same species, Agkistrodon piscivorus, a venomous water snake in North America. Read on ...

The northern water snake is regarded as one of the most abundant species of semi-aquatic snakes in North America. It usually inhabits places such as lakes, rivers, ponds, and marshes, and spends most ...

Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus), or water moccasins, are venomous snakes found in the southeastern United States. They're called cottonmouths because the insides of their mouths, which they ...

Water snakes from the eastern United States are being found in increasing numbers throughout California’s waterways, and biologists at the University of California at Davis are growing concerned. The ...

In this Moment in the Wild video, Purdue Extension wildlife technician Zach Truelock introduces you to the common water snake. He shows you how to tell it apart from the venomous cottonmouth and also ...

Northern water snakes are common in eastern North America. These snakes are harmless and not venomous. Many people mistake ...

This article was originally featured on Field & Stream. In 2015, professional photographer Kerry Wix was fishing at Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee when he noticed a big northern water snake that ...