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Eastern copperhead

Agkistrodon contortrix
Za dzinali: 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
Ikufuna dokotalaSiipha kawirikawiri, koma kulumidwa kumafuna dokotala.
Njoka za pit viper ImalumaImadya: Nyama
Ngozi kwa anthu: YoopsaKulumidwa kumafuna dokotala. Imfa ndi zosowa kwambiri.

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

Imakhala ku
Eastern United States, from Texas and Florida north to New York; also Chihuahua and Coahuila in Mexico1
Amereka ya Kumpoto
Kunyumba
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
Kutalika
50 cm mpaka 95 cm (1,6 ft mpaka 3,1 ft)1
Kulemera
102 g mpaka 343 g (4 oz mpaka 12 oz)1
Liwiro lapamwamba
pafupifupi 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Pamtunda, kuyerekeza chabe
Imadya chiyani?
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
Zoona!Chithunzi cha Eastern copperhead
Eastern copperhead. Chithunzi: unknown. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Mmene ungaizindikirire

  • 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

Nthawi zambiri imasokonezedwa ndi: 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

Mphamvu ya ululu

Imaluma

Ululu umatuluka kudzera m'mano ake ikaluma.

Ndi yoopsa bwanji kwa anthu?

Ngozi kwa anthu: YoopsaKulumidwa kumafuna dokotala. Imfa ndi zosowa kwambiri.

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

Imachita chiyani ikachita mantha?

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

Ikaluma

  • Munthuyo akhale chete ndi wodekha, chiwalo cholumidwacho chikhale pamlingo wa mtima, chotsa mphete ndi zinthu zothina, ndipo mufikitse kuchipatala mwachangu.

Nthawi zonse yamba wayimbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911). Awa ndi malangizo wamba a chithandizo choyamba, osati malangizo a dokotala. Zoyambira za chithandizo choyamba

Khala wotetezeka

  • Usakhudze, kugwira kapena kuseweretsa nyama yakuthengo, ngakhale yaing'ono, ndipo ngakhale ikuoneka ngati yagona kapena yafa.
  • Ipatse malo. Ukakumana nayo, khala chete, bwerera m'mbuyo pang'onopang'ono ndipo uilole ipite njira yake.
  • Ikakuluma: khala chete, usasunthe, imbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911) kapena pita kuchipatala mwachangu. Kumbukira m'mene inkaonekera, chithunzi chimathandiza.

Sikufuna kukuvulaza. Imagwiritsa ntchito ululu wake kugwira chakudya kapena kudziteteza, ndipo imakonda kwambiri kubisala. Zambiri za kukhala wotetezeka

Kuti padziko lapansi?

AfricaAsiaUlayaAmereka ya KumpotoAmereka ya KumweraAustralia ndi Oceania

Ndi yaikulu bwanji?

Ndi yaitali bwanji?

Eastern copperhead yaitali pafupifupi 95 cm (3,1 ft)Mphaka wapakhomo pafupifupi 50 cm (1,6 ft)Galu pafupifupi 1 m (3,3 ft)

Ndi yolemera bwanji?

yolemera ngati nthochi 3
yaitali ngati amphaka apakhomo 2 mphuno ndi mchira motsatizanayaitali ngati nthochi 5 zoyalidwa motsatizanaingathamange mamita 100 m'masekondi 100 (munthu wothamanga kwambiri amafunika 9.6)

Eastern copperhead ndi yaikulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWE?

Ndi masamu chabe mu msakatuli wako. Palibe chomwe chimasungidwa kapena kutumizidwa kwina.

Imathamanga bwanji?

zoyenera kudziwa

Mfundo

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

Kuthetsa nthano zabodza

Nthano yabodza: Copperheads are aggressive snakes that chase people and go looking for trouble.

Zoona: 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

Za akatswiri a ululu

Dzina la sayansi
Agkistrodon contortrix
Gulu
Njoka za pit viper
Banja
Viperidae2
Dongosolo
Squamata
Makontinenti
Amereka ya Kumpoto
Ana akhanda
Newborn copperheads are born with green or yellow tail tips, which darken to brown or black within one year.1
Mmene ilili kuthengo
Least Concern (IUCN Red List, v3.1, 2001); population trend stable when assessed in 20071
Ngozi kwa anthu
3 / 5: Yoopsa3

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

  1. Eastern copperhead (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Agkistrodon contortrix (iNaturalist): mayina ndi magulu a sayansi.
  3. Venom Wiki: mlingo wa ngozi, kukula wamba ndi kuyerekeza kwa liwiro ndi zathu. Ona mmene timazipezera: Mmene timayezera ngozi.

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