Fishing in Marsh

[itsbob]

But no water moccasins in Maryland.

You sure.. we had them in PA alot further North then here..

they (State environment people) told my aunt the same thing about Copperheads in Ct, and her yard was LOADED with them. State said there weren't any, and the electric company refused to do any line work on her property because of them.

The books might say they aren't here, but remember, snakes can't read!!

 

[Mikeinsmd]

True. Just don't try to convince some people. To them any snake in the water is a water moccasin.

water moccasin
n.
A semiaquatic pit viper (Agkistrodon piscivorus) of lowlands and swampy regions of the southern United States. Also called cottonmouth.
Any of various similar but harmless water snakes.

 

[desertrat]

water moccasin
n.
A semiaquatic pit viper (Agkistrodon piscivorus) of lowlands and swampy regions of the southern United States. Also called cottonmouth.
Any of various similar but harmless water snakes.

So it's kinda like calling any dog you can't identify a pit bull eh?
" Well, it chased me and barked and it runs around on the ground, I'd say it was a pit bull attack."

 

[desertrat]

According to the encyclopedia:
WATER MOCCASIN [water moccasin] or cottonmouth, highly venomous snake , Ancistrodon piscivorus, of the swamps and bayous of the S United States. Like the closely related copperhead, it is a pit viper and has a heat-sensitive organ for detecting warm-blooded prey. The young are born live. The young snake is a pale reddish brown with transverse dark brown bands edged with white; as it ages the colors dull to a blotched olive or brown and then to an unmarked olive or blackish in old specimens. The maximum length is 6 ft (2 m), the average from 3 to 4 ft (90-120 cm). A good climber, the water moccasin often relaxes on branches overhanging the water. If startled it erects its head and shows the white interior of its mouth—hence the name cottonmouth. It eats both warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals. It is aggressive in the wild state but may become quite tame in captivity. It is classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Reptilia, order Squamata, family Crotalidae.

 

[desertrat]

water moccasin
n.
A semiaquatic pit viper (Agkistrodon piscivorus) of lowlands and swampy regions of the southern United States. Also called cottonmouth.
Any of various similar but harmless water snakes.

I did find the definition you posted in a dictionary, though.

 

[greyhound]

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/snakeinfo.asp

I know alot of people who claim to have seen a water moccasin in So. Md. but no one that has ever had that actual snake. Its just a case of misidentification. Contact the DNR if you have seen a water moccasin.

 

[dems4me]

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/snakeinfo.asp

I know alot of people who claim to have seen a water moccasin in So. Md. but no one that has ever had that actual snake. Its just a case of misidentification. Contact the DNR if you have seen a water moccasin.

I've always been told they don't run east of the James River... but to me that never made much sense... if they are west of the James River, what's to stop them from crossing the river and going east Can the terrain be THAT different from one side to the other side? I don't recall ever seeing one east of the River, just didn't understand why you could be on the James river - look west and say - ok, they have water moccasins there and then look east and say - no water moccasins over there, almost like snake segregation or something It is common theory that is held by many though... that cottonmouths don't come east of the James River.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

I've always been told they don't run east of the James River... but to me that never made much sense... if they are west of the James River, what's to stop them from crossing the river and going east I don't recall ever seeing one, just didn't understand why you could be on the James river - look west and say - ok, they have water moccasins there and then look east and say - no water moccasins over there, almost like snake segregation or something It is common theory though that is held by many though... that cotton mouths don't come east of the James River.

Their internal compasses won't allow them to slither east of the agonic line.

 

[dems4me]

Their internal compasses won't allow them to slither east of the agonic line.

sounds like a new religon

 

[jchulo]

Source
Common snakes found in Maryland include the non-venomous hog nosed, green, black, corn, yellow rat, milk, king, and garter snakes. Venomous snakes include the copperhead, cotton-mouthed moccasin, and timber rattle snakes.

 

[tikipirate]

Their internal compasses won't allow them to slither east of the agonic line.

I decline to comment.