#1711 · 🦎 reptiles

Florida Cottonmouth

Agkistrodon conanti

🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mary Keim · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © tom spinker · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. Palm Coast, FL, USA:© Flashberry · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Alachua County, FL, USA:© William J. Deml · CC BY 4.0
6. © Saunders Drukker · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Georgia, US:© kai · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Miami-Dade County, FL, USA:© Joe MDO · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Florida, US:© danioutside · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Fernandina Beach, FL 32034, USA:© krankyyankee · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Florida cottonmouth ( Agkistrodon conanti ) is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to the United States, where it occurs in southern Georgia and the Florida peninsula in nearly every type of wetlands in the region, including brackish water and offshore islands. ) from surface...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,249iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
8,249 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Howard K. Gloyd in 1969 (57 years ago).