Does'nt look like a cottonmouth to me. Round pupils are the first reason for that. I could be wrong.

What a pic

hard to tell in pic but look round to me....always heard all venomous snakes have cat eyes pupils.........

It's a cottonmouth. The dagger shaped head givevs it away as being a viper. Cool pic, and thanks for leaving the snake alone and not trying to kill it.

Cool picture but it is a diamond back water snake or a yellow belly.

Thet snake is eating my fish fry!

Looks like a rattle head cotton moccasin, to me..

thats a bullet catcher if i ever saw one.......12 gauge bird shot upside the fohead would do him some good!!!!!!!! i hate snakes.

+1

I'd shoot $100 worth of lead at that thing!

Nice picture.......closer than I would want to be

That is not a cottonmouth. Head shape has nothing to do with it. A lot of snakes puff there heads out to look like they are bigger and to confuse animals that associate a triangular head to indicate a venomous snake. All poisonous snakes in the UNITED States have cat shaped eyes.

Not a cottommouth yet triangular head:



Notice the pupils are round

not a cottonmouth:



again notice the pupils are round

cottonmouth:



cat shaped pupils

Either way, cottonmouth or not, it's a cool picture...thanks for posting.

Save a fish and kill a snake.