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Florida cottonmouth

Agkistrodon conanti

Tentang namanya: It is named in honour of Roger Conant, a herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) and friend of the scientist who first described it.1

Perlu ke dokterJarang mematikan, tetapi gigitan perlu ke dokter.

Ular bandotan

Gigitan

Bahaya bagi manusia: SeriusGigitan perlu ke dokter. Kematian sangat jarang.

The Florida cottonmouth is a thick-bodied venomous pit viper that lives in the southeastern United States. It is found in wetlands across Florida and southern Georgia, including on some offshore islands. It matters because its venom can be lethal, and it is often mistaken for harmless watersnakes.1

Hidup di

Southeastern United States: the Florida peninsula, including the Florida Keys as far as Big Pine Key, and southern Georgia1

Amerika Utara

Beranda

It lives in nearly every type of wetland in its range, including brackish water, cypress ponds and wet prairies. It is occasionally found up to 1.6 km from surface water, and in some areas it is seen in wet pine and palmetto areas. It tends to gather around drying water holes, where prey is concentrated.1

Panjang

76 cm sampai 1,9 m (2,5 ft sampai 6,2 ft)1

Berat

4,6 kg (10 lb)1

Kecepatan tertinggi

sekitar 3,6 km/jam (2,2 mph)

Di darat, perkiraan kasar

Foto Florida cottonmouth — Florida cottonmouth. Foto: William J. Deml. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

Adults are usually 76 to 122 cm long, with a thick body and a broad head.1
The head has bold black stripes on each side of the cheeks, edged above and below with light cream or white lines.1
The body is olive brown, dark brown or black, with 10 to 17 dark bands. Adults often grow darker and their bands can be faint or absent.1
Newborns and young snakes are clay-red or 'red dirt' in colour, with the same pattern as adults.1
A pair of dark vertical lines runs down the tip of the snout.1

Sering tertukar dengan: It is often confused with harmless watersnakes (Nerodia) and other semi-aquatic snakes that share its habitat. The Florida cottonmouth has a longer tail, with a relative tail length of about 17.4% in adult and subadult males. Its head markings are lighter, cleaner and more sharply defined, even in older snakes.1

Kekuatan bisa

Gigitan

Bisanya keluar lewat taring atau gigi saat menggigit.

Apa efek bisanya?

Its venom is very hemolytic, meaning it destroys red blood cells. It also causes relatively extensive necrosis, which is death of body tissue, compared with many other snake venoms. Its venom can sometimes be lethal.1

Seberapa berbahaya bagi manusia?

Bahaya bagi manusia: SeriusGigitan perlu ke dokter. Kematian sangat jarang.

The venom can sometimes be lethal, with a 17% mortality rate.1

Jika ia menggigit

Jaga orangnya tetap diam dan tenang, posisikan anggota tubuh yang digigit setinggi jantung, lepaskan cincin dan benda yang ketat, lalu segera ke rumah sakit.

Selalu hubungi nomor darurat dulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan pertama umum, bukan nasihat medis. Dasar-dasar pertolongan pertama

Tetap aman

Jangan pernah menyentuh, menangkap, atau mengganggu hewan liar, walaupun kecil, dan walaupun tampak tidur atau mati.
Beri ia ruang. Jika bertemu, tetap tenang, mundur perlahan, dan biarkan ia pergi.
Jika ia menggigitmu: tetap tenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nomor darurat (112, 000, 911) atau segera ke rumah sakit. Ingat seperti apa rupanya, foto sangat membantu.

Ia tidak mengincarmu. Ia memakai bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia jauh lebih suka bersembunyi. Lebih lanjut tentang tetap aman

Di mana di dunia?

Afrika Asia Eropa Amerika Utara Amerika Selatan Australia dan Oseania

Seberapa besar dia?

Seberapa panjang dia?

Seberapa berat dia?

seberat 1 kucing peliharaan

sepanjang 4 kucing peliharaan dari hidung ke ekorsepanjang 10 pisang yang dijajarkankira-kira seberat kucing peliharaanbisa menempuh 100 meter dalam 100 detik (manusia tercepat butuh 9,6)

Seberapa besar Florida cottonmouth dibandingkan KAMU?

Hanya hitungan di browsermu. Tidak ada yang disimpan atau dikirim ke mana pun.

Seberapa cepat dia?

Kura-kura darat sekitar 0,3 km/jam (0,19 mph)

Florida cottonmouth sekitar 3,6 km/jam (2,2 mph)

Orang yang berjalan sekitar 5 km/jam (3,1 mph)

layak diketahui

Fakta

It has more than 20 colloquial names, including water moccasin, pond moccasin, swamp lion and water rattlesnake.1

The largest recorded specimen, from Marion County, Florida, weighed 4.6 kg.1

Females usually breed only every other year.1

Pembongkar mitos

Mitos: It is a harmless watersnake.

Faktanya: It is a venomous pit viper. Its venom can be lethal, and it is easily confused with harmless watersnakes.1

Untuk ahli bisa

Nama ilmiah: Agkistrodon conanti
Kelompok: Ular bandotan
Keluarga: Viperidae2
Urutan: Squamata
Benua: Amerika Utara
Anak: It gives birth to live young (ovoviviparous), usually 6 to 8 per litter, with a range of 1 to 15. Newborns average 18 cm long.1
Bahaya bagi manusia: 3 / 5: Serius3

Dari mana faktanya berasal

Florida cottonmouth (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Agkistrodon conanti (iNaturalist): nama dan klasifikasi.
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