(August 6, 2018 at 12:59 pm)Aroura Wrote: Yes, that's a cotton mouth. My daughter is super into snakes and we have a snake ID book right here.
It says cotton mouths "have a dark mark from its eye to the edge of its jaw".
The pictures aren't clear enough to make out if there is banding on it (book says "The cottonmouth has dark crossbands with lighter brown shading in the centre"), but that dark stripe from it's eye to it's jaw is a key ID , and that's clear as day. Call animal control or kill it. Good luck!
Edit: My daughter begged me to add, please don't kill it. Call animal control or a local reptile rescuer. :/ I love that kid but she's reptile crazy right now. Do what you need to keep yourself and your family and pets safe.
Your daughter sounds like a lovely person and I reckon I know where she got that from. :-)