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name        Burley
status      educator
age         50s

Question -  I run a church camp in the south edge of Effingham County, 
Illinois. Do cottonmouths come this far north? I am about a mile from the 
Little Wabash river, and have a 23 acre lake.

According the Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois, I.N.H.S., 
1999.  They are not that far north.  They are principally found in the 
counties along the extreme lower Mississippi and along the Ohio River.


Steve Sample
York High School
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
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