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The Seriousness of a Copperhead Envenomation

A. contortrix © Lisa Powers/Froghaven Farm

You think you know about copperhead envenomations? Think again. Let me begin by saying I’m ethnocentric, and this article refers to the copperheads found in the United States. I’m not talking about the Australian copperheads of the Austrelaps genus. Taxonomy is always changing, which is sometimes a necessary nuisance and other times nothing more thanRead More

Spencer Greene, MD 09/12/201809/12/2018

Introduction to the Cottonmouth

The Cottonmouth (also known as the Water Moccasin) is a venomous pit viper (family Viperidae) native to the U.S. where it inhabits swamps, creeks, slow-moving streams, bogs, ditches, canals, and the shore of ponds and lakes. However, it may be found far from water as it travels between water sources in search of food andRead More

Mike Van Valen 05/09/201809/27/2018Leave a comment
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