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Broad-banded copperhead

Agkistrodon laticinctus

Sobre el nombre: Agkistrodon comes from Greek words meaning 'hook' and 'tooth', for its fangs, and laticinctus is Latin for 'broad belt', for its wide bands.1

Necesita médicoRara vez mortal, pero una mordedura necesita médico.

Víboras de foseta

MordedurasCome: Carne

Peligro para las personas: GraveUna mordedura necesita médico. Las muertes son muy raras.

The broad-banded copperhead is a venomous pit viper, a type of snake that uses heat-sensing pits between its eyes and nostrils to find prey. It lives in the central United States, mainly Oklahoma and central Texas, and in parts of northern Mexico. For a long time it was thought to be a form of the eastern copperhead, but it is now treated as its own species.1

Vive en

Oklahoma and central Texas in the USA, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila1

Norteamérica

Inicio

It lives in lightly wooded areas with plenty of ground debris for cover, not far from a permanent water source. It is secretive and active at night, and it tends to avoid areas with many people.1

Longitud

45 cm a 75 cm (1,5 ft a 2,5 ft)1

Velocidad máxima

unos 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

En tierra, estimación aproximada

¿Qué come?

It is a diet generalist, but small rodents such as rats and mice make up most of what it eats. It is mainly an ambush predator that finds prey using smell, sight and heat. It usually bites larger prey and lets the venom work, but it holds birds and smaller prey until they die.1

Foto de Broad-banded copperhead — Broad-banded copperhead. Foto: Benjamin Genter. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Cómo reconocerlo

Typically light tan with wide, darker brown crossbands, which give it its common name.1
Colour varies by location, from red-brown to grey-brown.1
The bands stay even in width. The eastern copperhead's bands narrow at the spine to form hourglass shapes.1
Young snakes have a bright green-yellow tail tip that fades to grey or brown at about one year old.1

Se confunde a menudo con: The eastern copperhead overlaps with this species in the south of its range, and the two can be hard to tell apart there. Look at the bands: the broad-banded copperhead has even bands, while the eastern copperhead's bands narrow at the spine.1

Poder del veneno

Mordeduras

El veneno sale por sus colmillos o dientes cuando muerde.

¿Qué hace su veneno?

Its venom is hemotoxic, meaning it mainly damages blood and tissue. It is injected through hinged, hollow fangs in a single quick strike. The bite can cause localised swelling, necrosis (death of tissue at the bite site) and severe pain.1

¿Qué peligro tiene para las personas?

Peligro para las personas: GraveUna mordedura necesita médico. Las muertes son muy raras.

Copperhead venom is not considered life-threatening to an otherwise healthy adult. Any bite from a venomous snake should still be treated as serious.1

Buena noticia: los médicos tienen un medicamento (antídoto) o un tratamiento para esto.1

Si muerde

Any bite from a venomous snake should be treated as serious, and medical treatment should be sought. Doctors may use CroFab in severe cases, which is made using cottonmouth venom because no antivenin is made specifically for copperheads.1
Mantén a la persona quieta y tranquila, la extremidad mordida a la altura del corazón, quítale anillos y cosas apretadas y llévala rápido a un hospital.

Llama siempre primero a tu número de emergencias (112, 000, 911). Esto son pautas generales de primeros auxilios, no consejo médico. Primeros auxilios básicos

Mantente a salvo

Nunca toques, atrapes ni molestes a un animal salvaje, aunque sea pequeño y aunque parezca dormido o muerto.
Déjale espacio. Si te encuentras uno, mantén la calma, retrocede despacio y deja que siga su camino.
Si te muerde: mantén la calma, no te muevas, llama a tu número de emergencias (112, 000, 911) o ve rápido a un hospital. Recuerda cómo era, una foto ayuda.

No va a por ti. Usa su veneno para cazar o defenderse, y prefiere mil veces esconderse. Más sobre cómo protegerte

¿En qué parte del mundo?

África Asia Europa Norteamérica Sudamérica Australia y Oceanía

¿Qué tamaño tiene?

¿Cuánto mide?

mide como 4 plátanos puestos en filapodría recorrer 100 metros en 110 segundos (el humano más rápido necesita 9,6)

¿Qué tamaño tiene Broad-banded copperhead comparado contigo?

Solo cálculos en tu navegador. No se guarda ni se envía nada a ningún sitio.

¿Qué velocidad alcanza?

Una tortuga de tierra unos 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Broad-banded copperhead unos 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

Una persona caminando unos 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

vale la pena saberlo

Datos

It can swim across large bodies of water and has been found swimming more than a quarter of a mile from shore in Lake Texoma, Texas.1

In one radio tracking study, a snake was found with a Texas horned lizard inside it. The snake later passed the tracking device without harm.1

Although it is not tree-dwelling, it can climb and has been seen coiled and resting in trees about 2 metres above the ground.1

Some copperheads in Kansas are hybrids of the eastern and broad-banded copperheads. Genetic studies in that state found no genetically pure broad-banded copperheads.1

It is known by colourful local names, including thunder snake, rattlesnake pilot and red eye.1

Cazamitos

Mito: Copperhead bites are harmless.

Verdad: A bite is not life-threatening to a healthy adult, but it can cause swelling, tissue death and severe pain. Any bite should be treated seriously and medical care sought.1

Para expertos en veneno

Nombre científico: Agkistrodon laticinctus
Grupo: Víboras de foseta
Familia: Viperidae2
Orden: Squamata
Continentes: Norteamérica
Crías: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs, with a litter of up to eight young in early fall.1
Esperanza de vida: unos 21 años1
Peligro para las personas: 3 / 5: Grave3

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