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Eastern copperhead

Agkistrodon contortrix
Ibyerekeye izina: 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
Bisaba mugangaNi gake yica, ariko kurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga.
Pit viper IrarumaIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

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

Iba muri
Eastern United States, from Texas and Florida north to New York; also Chihuahua and Coahuila in Mexico1
Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Ahabanza
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
Uburebure
50 cm kugeza kuri 95 cm (1,6 ft kugeza kuri 3,1 ft)1
Ibiro
102 g kugeza kuri 343 g (4 oz kugeza kuri 12 oz)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
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
Koko!Ifoto ya Eastern copperhead
Eastern copperhead. Ifoto: unknown. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • 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

Ikunze kwitiranywa 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

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

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

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

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

Niba iruma

  • Umuntu agume atanyeganyega kandi atuje, urugingo rwarumwe rugume ku rwego rumwe n'umutima, mukuremo impeta n'ibindi bintu bifashe cyane, kandi mujye ku bitaro vuba.

Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze

Irinde akaga

  • Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
  • Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
  • Niba imwe ikurumye: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.

Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda

Ni hehe ku isi?

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Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

Eastern copperhead ireshya hafi 95 cm (3,1 ft)Injangwe yo mu rugo hafi 50 cm (1,6 ft)Imbwa hafi 1 m (3,3 ft)

Iremera ibingana iki?

iremera nk'imineke 3
ireshya n'injangwe zo mu rugo 2 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizoireshya n'imineke 5 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 100 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Eastern copperhead ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

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

Usenya ibinyoma

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

Ukuri: 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

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Agkistrodon contortrix
Itsinda
Pit viper
Umuryango
Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Abana bato
Newborn copperheads are born with green or yellow tail tips, which darken to brown or black within one year.1
Uko imeze mu gasozi
Least Concern (IUCN Red List, v3.1, 2001); population trend stable when assessed in 20071
Akaga ku bantu
3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Eastern copperhead (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Agkistrodon contortrix (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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