“The most commonly misidentified venomous snake in Kansas is the cottonmouth,” Ricketts said. “There has not been a confirmed cottonmouth sighting in Kansas since the 1990s. It is thought ...

A Texan encountered a venomous cottonmouth snake on their patio, and they dealt with it using a pair of grilling tongs. Screengrab from Facebook post by MJ Madden. When a snake recently slithered ...

A venomous cottonmouth is giving people the willies on social media, after a video recorded by an Alabama biologist showed the snake was caught blending in perfectly with ground cover. Cottonmouths, ...

The pain was excruciating when a venomous snake bit Grady Kornelson in 2018 in south-central Kansas. “On a scale of one to 10, it was a nine,” he told the Hutchinson News. Kornelson received ...

Kansas is home to four native venomous snakes: the copperhead, massasauga rattlesnake, prairie rattlesnake and timber rattlesnake. All venomous snakes in Kansas are pit vipers, possessing heat ...

One of Louisiana's most venomous snakes is often confused for one that is totally harmless. Can you tell the ... found that 74 percent of cottonmouth snakes are misidentified as copperheads.

Cottonmouth snakes, also known as water moccasins, are another of our state’s six venomous snake species. They’re cousins to copperheads, a venomous snake frequently seen throughout the Triangle.