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Herpetofauna - One Life's List Western
Cottonmouth Union Co., Illinois. Fall 1977. |
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I
have seen more Cottonmouths than any other species of venomous snake -
hundreds, I would guess. That's not bragging, really; in some parts of
southern Illinois, they
are the most common snake to be found, and I visit there quite often. I
have seen them in the water, next to water, and quite far away from water;
some of the latter finds make me wonder if some Cottonmouths have given up
the aquatic lifestyle for wooded hillsides.
There much more for me to tell, and it is told in the Shawnee Moccasins journal entry in Notes From The Field. These two pictures are among my favorites, the first of a juvenile found on a wooded hillside, and the second of an adult swimming in La Rue Scatters. |
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