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Florida cottonmouth

Agkistrodon conanti

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

Bisaba mugangaNi gake yica, ariko kurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga.

Pit viper

Iraruma

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

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

Iba muri

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

Amerika y'Amajyaruguru

Ahabanza

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

Uburebure

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

Ibiro

4,6 kg (10 lb)1

Umuvuduko wo hejuru

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

Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije

Ifoto ya Florida cottonmouth — Florida cottonmouth. Ifoto: William J. Deml. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Uko wayimenya

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

Ikunze kwitiranywa na: 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

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

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

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

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

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

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

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

Afurika Aziya Uburayi Amerika y'Amajyaruguru Amerika y'Amajyepfo Ositaraliya na Oseyaniya

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

Iremera ibingana iki?

iremera nk'injangwe zo mu rugo 1

ireshya n'injangwe zo mu rugo 4 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizoireshya n'imineke 10 ikurikiranyeiremera hafi nk'injangwe yo mu rugoyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 100 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Florida cottonmouth ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

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

Yihuta gute?

Akanyamasyo hafi 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

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

Umuntu ugenda n'amaguru hafi 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

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

Usenya ibinyoma

Ikinyoma: It is a harmless watersnake.

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

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi: Agkistrodon conanti
Itsinda: Pit viper
Umuryango: Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order): Squamata
Imigabane: Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Abana bato: 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
Akaga ku bantu: 3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

Florida cottonmouth (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Agkistrodon conanti (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
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