Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma (Western Cottonmouth). Diet.

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2006

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Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

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Cottonmouths are opportunistic predators and scavengers that consume a variety of vertebrate prey (Gloyd and Conant 1990. Snakes of the Agkistrodon Complex: A Monographic Review. SSAR. Oxford, Ohio. 614 pp, and references therein). Watersnakes (Nerodia spp.) are considered a common component of the cottonmouth diet, but few studies have reported which species of Nerodia are consumed (Burkett 1966. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 17:435-491; Gloyd and Conant, op. cit.). Here, we report Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma attempting to prey upon Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster.

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Western Cottonmouth

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Rainwater, Thomas R., Anderson, Todd A., Platt, Steven G., Smith, Philip N. 2006. Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma (Western Cottonmouth). Diet. Herpetological Review. 37(2):228.

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