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Florida cottonmouth

Agkistrodon conanti

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

Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okulumwa kwetaaga omusawo.

Pit vipers (emisota egiwulira ebbugumu)

Kiruma

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

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

Kibeera mu

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

Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono

Awaka

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

Obuwanvu

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

Obuzito

4,6 kg (10 lb)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 3,6 km/h (2,2 mph)

Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka

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

Engeri y'okukitegeera

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

Kitera okutabulwa ne: 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

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

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

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

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

Bwe kiruma

Omuntu muleke ateetambula era ateefu, ekitundu ekirumiddwa kibeere ku buwanvu bw'omutima, ggyamu empeta n'ebintu ebinyweza, era omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu.

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Weekuume

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Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
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Wa mu nsi?

Afirika Asiya Bulaaya Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Kizitowa kyenkana wa?

kizitowa nga kkapa ez'awaka 1

kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 4 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 10 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkizitowa nga kkapa ey'awakakyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 100 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Florida cottonmouth kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

Enfuddu nga 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Florida cottonmouth nga 3,6 km/h (2,2 mph)

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

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

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: It is a harmless watersnake.

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

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Agkistrodon conanti
Ekibinja: Pit vipers (emisota egiwulira ebbugumu)
Amaka: Viperidae2
Ensengeka: Squamata
Ssemazinga: Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Abaana abawere: 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
Akabi eri abantu: 3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

Florida cottonmouth (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Agkistrodon conanti (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
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