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Eastern copperhead

Agkistrodon contortrix

Ne din ho asɛm: The generic name comes from Greek words meaning 'hook' and 'tooth'. The species name comes from the Latin for 'twisted', after the pinched, hourglass-shaped bands on its back.1

Ɛhia dɔkotaƐntaa nkum, nanso sɛ ɛka wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn.

Pit viper

KaƆdi: Nam

Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ denSɛ ɛka wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn. Ɛntaa nkum obi koraa.

The eastern copperhead is a venomous pit viper that lives across much of the eastern United States. It has hourglass-shaped bands on a tan or reddish-brown body, which help it hide in leaves and clay. It is common, so people sometimes meet it without realising, and it makes up half of the treated snake bites in the United States.1

Ɔte

Eastern United States, from Texas and Florida north to New York; also Chihuahua and Coahuila in Mexico1

Amerika Atifi

Fie

It favours deciduous forest and mixed woodlands in most of its range, and often sits on rock outcroppings and ledges. It is also found in low-lying, swampy areas. Bites happen when people step on or near it, especially where it lies hidden in dead leaves or red clay.1

Tenten

50 cm kɔsi 95 cm (1,6 ft kɔsi 3,1 ft)1

Mu duru

102 g kɔsi 343 g (4 oz kɔsi 12 oz)1

Ntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

Asaase so, susuo kɛkɛ

Ɛdi deɛn?

It eats a wide range of prey, including insects, spiders, lizards, frogs, mice and small birds. It is mainly an ambush predator that waits in a good position for prey to arrive, though it actively hunts insects. It uses facial pit organs to sense heat and make accurate strikes.1

Eastern copperhead mfonini — Eastern copperhead. Mfonini: unknown. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no

Dark brown, hourglass-shaped crossbands on a light reddish-brown or brown background1
A heavy, stout body rather than a slender one1
A broad head that is distinct from the neck1
Young have green or yellow tail tips, which darken to brown or black within a year1
Adults are typically 50 to 95 cm long, including the tail1

Wɔtaa fa no sɛ: The snout slopes down and back, so it looks less blunt than the snout of the cottonmouth. The head also extends further forward than the mouth.1

Bɔre ahoɔden

Bɔre fi ne se mu ba bere a ɔka.

Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?

Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ denSɛ ɛka wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn. Ɛntaa nkum obi koraa.

Copperhead bites account for half of the treated snake bites in the United States. Bites usually happen when people unknowingly step on or near the snake. It is generally nonaggressive and will strike only if threatened as a last resort.1

Ɛyɛ dɛn bere a ehu aka no?

It often freezes instead of fleeing, relying on its camouflage, and may vibrate its tail when closely approached.1

Sɛ ɛka a

Ma onipa no ntena dinn na ne bo nnwo, ma nsa anaa nan a ɛkaa no no nna pɛpɛɛpɛ ne ne koma (ɛnkɔ soro, ɛnsiane fam), yi kawa ne nneɛma a ɛkyere no den, na kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm.

Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw

Hwɛ wo ho so

Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
Sɛ baako ka wo a: ma wo bo nnwo, tena dinn, frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911) anaa kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm. Kae sɛdeɛ na ɛte, mfonini bɛboa.

Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ɛde ne bɔre kyere aduane anaa ɛbɔ ne ho ban, na ɛpɛ sɛ ɛhinta sene biribiara. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho

Wiase mu baabi bɛn?

Abibirem Asia Yuropu Amerika Atifi Amerika Anaafoɔ Australia ne Oceania

Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?

Ne tenten te sɛn?

Ne mu duru te sɛn?

ne mu duru te sɛ kwadu 3

ne tenten te sɛ fie agyinamoa 2 a wɔde hwene ne dua to ntoatoasoɔ mune tenten te sɛ kwadu 5 a wɔde to ntoatoasoɔ muɛbɛtumi atu mita 100 wɔ anibu 100 mu (onipa a ɔwɔ ntɛm sen biara hia 9.6)

Eastern copperhead kɛseɛ te sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?

Akontabuo kɛkɛ wɔ wo browser mu. Wɔnkora hwee, na wɔmfa hwee nkɔ baabiara.

Ne ntɛm te sɛn?

Akyekyedeɛ bɛyɛ 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Eastern copperhead bɛyɛ 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

Onipa a ɔrenante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

ɛho hia sɛ wohunu

Nsɛm

Its tail can vibrate more than 40 times per second, faster than almost any non-rattlesnake snake.1

Juveniles wave a brightly coloured tail to attract frogs and perhaps lizards, a behaviour called caudal luring.1

Its camouflage is so good that it can be almost impossible to see on dead leaves or red clay.1

In Texas, copperheads have been found in bushes, vines and trees up to 12 metres above the ground, seeking newly emerged cicadas.1

Its venom has potential medicinal value to humans.1

Historically, kingsnakes were major predators of copperheads, and recent copperhead numbers have risen where kingsnake populations have declined.1

Atosɛm sɛefoɔ

Atosɛm: Copperheads are aggressive snakes that chase people and go looking for trouble.

Nokorɛ: They are generally nonaggressive. They usually freeze or flee, and they strike only if threatened as a last resort. Most bites happen when people step on or near them without noticing.1

Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Agkistrodon contortrix
Kuo: Pit viper
Abusua: Viperidae2
Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order): Squamata
Asaase akɛseɛ: Amerika Atifi
Mmofra nketewa: Newborn copperheads are born with green or yellow tail tips, which darken to brown or black within one year.1
Sɛdeɛ ɔte wɔ kwaem: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, v3.1, 2001); population trend stable when assessed in 20071
Asiane ma nnipa: 3 / 5: Ɛyɛ den3

Baabi a nsɛm no fi

Eastern copperhead (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Agkistrodon contortrix (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
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