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• n  venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States

• Fortnight ago three-year-old Donald Richardson left Kansas City General Hospital after being cured of Purpura hemorrhagica (capillary bleeding) by injections of cottonmouth venom.
• Others were massasauga and pigmy rattler (Sistrurus family), copperhead and cottonmouth moccasin (Agkistrodon family), coral and harlequin (Micrurus family).

• water moccasin
• cottonmouth moccasin
• Agkistrodon piscivorus

News & Articles

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• Metro East tenants plagued by snakes, some fear they are venomous
  (KMOV.com) -- Imagine walking out your door to see a large snake curled up on your front porch. It happened to an East St. Louis woman who says it’s a growing problem at her apartment complex. Jill Hoskins told News 4 she believes the snake she saw Tuesday was poisonous and that children there are at risk. Hoskins said the snake was a Cottonmouth, and whilee that would be unusual because ...
  June 19, 2013 - KMOV St. Louis