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Eastern copperhead

Agkistrodon contortrix
Gbasara aha ya: 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
Ọ chọrọ dọkịtaỌ naghị egbukarị egbu, mana ịta ya chọrọ dọkịta.
Pit viper ỊtaNri ya: Anụ
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Ọ dị njọỊta ya chọrọ dọkịta. Ọnwụ anaghị adịkarị ma ọlị.

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

Ebe obibi
Eastern United States, from Texas and Florida north to New York; also Chihuahua and Coahuila in Mexico1
Ugwu Amerika
Ụlọ
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
Ogologo
50 cm ruo 95 cm (1.6 ft ruo 3.1 ft)1
Arọ
102 g ruo 343 g (4 oz ruo 12 oz)1
Ọsọ kacha elu
ihe dị ka 3.5 km/h (2.2 mph)
N'elu ala, nchepụta
Gịnị ka ọ na-eri?
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
N'ezie!Foto Eastern copperhead
Eastern copperhead. Foto: unknown. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya

  • 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

A na-agwakọkarị ya na: 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

Ike nsị

Ịta

Nsị na-esi n'eze nsị ya ma ọ bụ eze ya apụta mgbe ọ na-ata.

Kedu otú o si dị egwu nye mmadụ?

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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

Gịnị ka ọ na-eme mgbe ụjọ tụrụ ya?

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

Ọ bụrụ na ọ tara

  • Mee ka onye ahụ ghara imegharị ahụ, dịkwa jụụ, debe aka ma ọ bụ ụkwụ ahụ ọ tara n'ogo obi, wepụ mgbanaka na ihe ndị kekọrọ ahụ ike, kpọga ya ụlọ ọgwụ ngwa ngwa.

Na-ebu ụzọ kpọọ nọmba mberede gị mgbe niile (112, 000, 911). Nke a bụ ndụmọdụ enyemaka mbụ n'ozuzu, ọ bụghị ndụmọdụ ọgwụ. Isi ihe enyemaka mbụ

Nọrọ na nchekwa

  • Emetụla anụ ọhịa aka, ejidela ya, emekwala ya ihe ọjọọ, ọbụna obere, ọbụna ma ọ dị ka ọ na-ehi ụra ma ọ bụ nwụọ anwụ.
  • Nye ya ohere. Ọ bụrụ na ị zutere otu, dị jụụ, laghachi azụ nwayọ, hapụ ya ka ọ gaa ụzọ ya.
  • Ọ bụrụ na otu tara gị: dị jụụ, emegharịla ahụ, kpọọ nọmba mberede gị (112, 000, 911) ma ọ bụ gaa ụlọ ọgwụ ngwa ngwa. Cheta ka o si dị, foto na-enye aka.

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Ebee n'ụwa?

AfrịkaEshiaYuropUgwu AmerikaNdịda AmerikaỌstrelia na Oshenia

Ọ hà aṅaa?

Kedu otú o si dị ogologo?

Eastern copperhead ogologo ya dị ihe dị ka 95 cm (3.1 ft)Nwamba ụlọ ihe dị ka 50 cm (1.6 ft)Nkịta ihe dị ka 1 m (3.3 ft)

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dị ogologo dị ka nwamba ụlọ 2 site n'imi ruo n'ọdụdị ogologo dị ka unere 5 a tọgbọrọ n'ahịrịnwere ike ịgba ọsọ mita 100 n'ime sekọnd 100 (mmadụ kacha ọsọ chọrọ 9,6)

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Eziokwu

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

Its venom has potential medicinal value to humans.1

6

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

Onye na-ekpughe akụkọ ụgha

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

Eziokwu: 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

Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị

Aha sayensị
Agkistrodon contortrix
Otu
Pit viper
Ezinụlọ
Viperidae2
Usoro
Squamata
Kọntinent dị iche iche
Ugwu Amerika
Ụmụ ọhụrụ
Newborn copperheads are born with green or yellow tail tips, which darken to brown or black within one year.1
Otú ọ na-eme n'ọhịa
Least Concern (IUCN Red List, v3.1, 2001); population trend stable when assessed in 20071
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ
3 / 5: Ọ dị njọ3

Ebe eziokwu ndị a si

  1. Eastern copperhead (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Agkistrodon contortrix (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: ọkwa ihe ize ndụ, nha nkịtị na nchepụta ọsọ bụ nke anyị. Lee otú anyị si achọpụta ha: Otú anyị si atụ ihe ize ndụ.

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