Details - Public Health Image Library(PHIL)

ID#:

10840

Caption:

This 2008 photograph depicted a venomous eastern cottonmouth snake (also see PHIL 8125), Agkistrodon p. piscivorus, as it was slithering through its moist Edisto, South Carolina environment. The eastern cottonmouth is the largest member of its genus, which includes its copperhead cousin, Agkistrodon contortrix (PHIL 10841 through 10851).

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ James Gathany

Creation Date:

2008

Photo Credit:

James Gathany

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Categories:

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