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Anonymous post on July 15, 2002
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I have a house on a wooded part of a river just north of Houston, TX. I live about 200 feet from the undeveloped banks of the river. I've been here since April and have seen many snakes on my driveway, back patio and in a bed of rocks in the garden. I have always seen them after dusk and at night. At least 3 times I keep seeing about a foot to foot and a half long black snakes with light brown bands. I have not gotten closer to see the eyes or anal plates. I am wondering if these could be baby water moccasins. Most of the time the snakes do not run from me. They stay where they are even when they see me. The only big one of this type I have seen was about 3' long.
Could and would water moccasins travel that far from the river to find concrete or rocks to lay on?
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Anonymous post on July 15, 2002
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Look in the photo albums on this site. Look in Crotalinae photo album for Agkistrodon piscivorous. That is the scientific name for a cottonmouth. The snakes you describe certainly sound like cottonmouths, but just to make sure they aren't water snakes, go look at the photo albums.
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by snakecurious on July 15, 2002
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I just really cant tell. They don't look as muscular as the pictures i've seen + they are small, so I think they are babies which makes it hard to tell.
Do you think cotton mouths would come 200 ft up a bank?
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by wls967 on July 17, 2002
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Cottonmouth's are probably more terrestrial than aquatic. It's more than just possible.
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