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2. Light brown with darker bands Very dark band from eye to nape 3-5 feet long Has a broad triangular head Has white inner mouth

3. In swamps, ponds, and bayous Becomes very good swimmer How it got it’s name “water moccasin”

4. Fish and frogs Sometimes small mammals Other snakes

5. Prey to birds Prey to larger snakes Sometimes prey to alligators Predator to fish and frogs Sometimes prey to small mammals

6. Florida, the East, West, South, and North Some parts of South America

7. Lives alone Gives live birth Only go together for mating season Males fight for females

8. Is a pit viper Scientific name: Agkistrodon piscivorus Only poisonous water snake

9. “Florida Cottonmouth” Online, internet at http:/www.southalley.com/album_cotton.html (12/9/04) “Cottonmouth” http:/www.houstonherp.com/Cottonmouth.htm (12/9/04) www.tfn.net/waverly/images/cottonmouth.jpg (12/14/04) www.spanishcove.org/ Pages/Goodies.html (12/15/04 www.allstatemanagement.com/.../ snake1.htm (12/15/04) www.cedarcreekcorp.com/ Video%20Still%20Frames.htm (12/15/04) www.uga.edu/srelherp/ alligators/feeding.htm (12/15/04) www.kingsnake.com/.../ sc/images/sc17.jpg (12/15/04) sofia.usgs.gov/.../ images/wetlandx.jpg (12/15/04) www.ndi4all.org/grade45/ Cottonmouth-c.html (12/16/04)