Image of Moccasins
Description:
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).
Created: 2008
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Lepidosauromorpha
- Squamata (lizards and snakes)
- Serpentes (snakes)
- Viperidae (vipers)
- Agkistrodon (Moccasins)
- Agkistrodon piscivorus (Cottonmouth)
- Lepidosauriformes
- Reptiliomorpha
- Eureptilia
- Neodiapsida
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- James Gathany
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- Public Health Image Library
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