Water moccasin

S Water moccasin
Difficulty	7
Attacks	Bite 1d6 poison

S Water moccasin
Difficulty	7
Attacks	Bite 1d6 poison
Base level	4
Base experience	48
Speed	15
Base AC	3
Base MR	0
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	Not randomly generated, Appears in large groups
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	150
Nutritional value	80
Size	Small
Resistances	Poison
Resistances conveyed	Poison
A water moccasin: can swim. can hide under items. has no limbs. is an animal. has a serpent body. is poisonous to eat. is a carnivore. can lay eggs. cannot pick up items.
Reference	monst.c#line1902

A water moccasin, S, is a variety of snake, virtually identical to the normal snake. They differ in that they are generated only in swarms by quaffing from a fountain (often killing unsuspecting low-level characters); therefore their presence in the absence of fountain quaffing is indicative of bones.

Due to their affiliation with fountain quaffing, they are the second most frequent cause of death on nethack.alt.org (next to soldier ants); it is common in #nethack, on hearing of a water moccasin death, to exclaim "Go team fountain!" in acknowledgement of this.

Encyclopedia entry

See the encyclopedia entry for snake.