Species group · Reptiles
WAnimals has 2 species of moccasin, in the family Viperidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 2 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It gapes to show the white lining of its mouth as a warning, which is where the name cottonmouth comes from.
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It is one of the few semi-aquatic vipers in the world: it hunts fish, frogs and other snakes under water and can stay submerged for long spells, something very few vipers do as a matter of course.
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Its reputation for aggression is false: a classic study deliberately trod on dozens of individuals in boots and only a minority tried to bite; most fled or merely gaped in warning.
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It accounts for more recorded bites than any other snake in the United States.
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It would rather stay still than flee when threatened.
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It is born live and already fully venomous, with no external egg.
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