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Broad-banded copperhead

Agkistrodon laticinctus

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

Treba liječnikaRijetko smrtonosno, ali ugriz treba pokazati liječniku.

Jamičarke

UgriziJede: Meso

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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

Živi u

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

Sjeverna Amerika

Početna

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

Duljina

od 45 cm do 75 cm (od 1,5 ft do 2,5 ft)1

Najveća brzina

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

Na kopnu, gruba procjena

Što jede?

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

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

Kako ga prepoznati

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

Često se miješa s: 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

Otrovna snaga

Ugrizi

Otrov izlazi kroz očnjake ili zube kad ugrize.

Što radi njegov otrov kad ugrize ili ubode?

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

Koliko je opasno za ljude?

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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

Dobre vijesti: liječnici za ovo imaju lijek (protuotrov) ili liječenje.1

Ako ugrize

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
Neka osoba miruje i bude smirena, drži ugriženi ud u visini srca, skini prstenje i sve što steže i brzo je odvedi u bolnicu.

Uvijek prvo nazovi broj za hitne slučajeve (112, 000, 911). Ovo su opće upute za prvu pomoć, a ne liječnički savjet. Osnove prve pomoći

Ostani na sigurnom

Nikad ne diraj, ne hvataj i ne zadirkuj divlju životinju, čak ni malu, i čak ni ako izgleda kao da spava ili je mrtva.
Ostavi joj prostora. Ako je sretneš, ne paniči, polako se odmakni i pusti je da ode svojim putem.
Ako te neka ugrize: ne paniči, miruj, nazovi broj za hitne slučajeve (112, 000, 911) ili brzo idi u bolnicu. Zapamti kako je izgledala, fotografija pomaže.

Ne želi ti ništa loše. Otrov koristi za lov hrane ili za obranu i mnogo bi se radije sakrilo. Više o sigurnosti

Gdje u svijetu?

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Koliko je veliko?

Koliko je dugo?

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Koliko je Broad-banded copperhead velika životinja u usporedbi s TOBOM?

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Koliko je brzo?

Kornjača oko 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

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

Osoba koja hoda oko 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

vrijedi znati

Činjenice

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

Razbijač mitova

Mit: Copperhead bites are harmless.

Istina: 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

Za stručnjake za otrove

Znanstveni naziv: Agkistrodon laticinctus
Skupina: Jamičarke
Obitelj: Viperidae2
Redoslijed: Squamata
Kontinenti: Sjeverna Amerika
Mladunci: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs, with a litter of up to eight young in early fall.1
Životni vijek: oko 21 godina1
Opasnost za ljude: 3 / 5: Ozbiljno3

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