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Florida cottonmouth

Agkistrodon conanti

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

Dovra in mediDarar mortal, ma ina morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi.

Vipras da fossa

Morsas

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

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

Viva en

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

America dal Nord

Pagina iniziala

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

Lunghezza

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

Paisa

4,6 kg (10 lb)1

Sveltezza maximala

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

Sin terra, stima approximativa

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

Co renconuscher el

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

Savens confundì cun: 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

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

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

Sch'el morda

Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta, tegna il member mors a l'autezza dal cor, prenda giu anels e chaussas strenschidas e va spert en in ospital.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Quant grev è el?

uschè grev sco 1 giats da chasa

uschè lung sco 4 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 10 bananas ina suenter l'autravar uschè grev sco in giat da chasapudess currer 100 meters en 100 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Florida cottonmouth cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

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

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

Destructur da mits

Mit: It is a harmless watersnake.

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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Agkistrodon conanti
Gruppa: Vipras da fossa
Famiglia: Viperidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: America dal Nord
Poppins: 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
Privel per umans: 3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Florida cottonmouth (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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