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Broad-banded copperhead

Agkistrodon laticinctus

O mene: Agkistrodon comes from Greek words meaning 'hook' and 'tooth', for its fangs, and laticinctus is Latin for 'broad belt', for its wide bands.1

Treba lekáraZriedka smrteľné, ale uhryznutie potrebuje lekára.

Chrapkáče

UhryznutiaJe: Mäso

Nebezpečenstvo pre ľudí: VážneUhryznutie potrebuje lekára. Úmrtia sú veľmi zriedkavé.

The broad-banded copperhead is a venomous pit viper, a type of snake that uses heat-sensing pits between its eyes and nostrils to find prey. It lives in the central United States, mainly Oklahoma and central Texas, and in parts of northern Mexico. For a long time it was thought to be a form of the eastern copperhead, but it is now treated as its own species.1

Žije v

Oklahoma and central Texas in the USA, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila1

Severná Amerika

Domov

It lives in lightly wooded areas with plenty of ground debris for cover, not far from a permanent water source. It is secretive and active at night, and it tends to avoid areas with many people.1

Dĺžka

45 cm až 75 cm (1,5 ft až 2,5 ft)1

Maximálna rýchlosť

asi 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

Na súši, hrubý odhad

Čo je?

It is a diet generalist, but small rodents such as rats and mice make up most of what it eats. It is mainly an ambush predator that finds prey using smell, sight and heat. It usually bites larger prey and lets the venom work, but it holds birds and smaller prey until they die.1

Fotka: Broad-banded copperhead — Broad-banded copperhead. Foto: Benjamin Genter. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ako ho spoznať

Typically light tan with wide, darker brown crossbands, which give it its common name.1
Colour varies by location, from red-brown to grey-brown.1
The bands stay even in width. The eastern copperhead's bands narrow at the spine to form hourglass shapes.1
Young snakes have a bright green-yellow tail tip that fades to grey or brown at about one year old.1

Často sa zamieňa s: The eastern copperhead overlaps with this species in the south of its range, and the two can be hard to tell apart there. Look at the bands: the broad-banded copperhead has even bands, while the eastern copperhead's bands narrow at the spine.1

Sila jedu

Uhryznutia

Jed vychádza cez jedové zuby, keď hryzie.

Čo robí jeho jed?

Its venom is hemotoxic, meaning it mainly damages blood and tissue. It is injected through hinged, hollow fangs in a single quick strike. The bite can cause localised swelling, necrosis (death of tissue at the bite site) and severe pain.1

Aké nebezpečné je pre ľudí?

Nebezpečenstvo pre ľudí: VážneUhryznutie potrebuje lekára. Úmrtia sú veľmi zriedkavé.

Copperhead venom is not considered life-threatening to an otherwise healthy adult. Any bite from a venomous snake should still be treated as serious.1

Dobrá správa: lekári na to majú liek (protijed) alebo liečbu.1

Ak uhryzne

Any bite from a venomous snake should be treated as serious, and medical treatment should be sought. Doctors may use CroFab in severe cases, which is made using cottonmouth venom because no antivenin is made specifically for copperheads.1
Drž postihnutého v pokoji a bez pohybu, drž uhryznutú končatinu vo výške srdca, daj dole prstene a všetko tesné a rýchlo sa dostaňte do nemocnice.

Vždy najprv zavolaj na tiesňovú linku (112, 000, 911). Toto sú všeobecné rady prvej pomoci, nie lekárska rada. Základy prvej pomoci

Buď v bezpečí

Nikdy sa nedotýkaj divého zvieraťa, nechytaj ho ani ho nedráždi, aj keď je malé a aj keď vyzerá, že spí alebo je mŕtve.
Nechaj mu priestor. Ak nejaké stretneš, zostaň pokojný, pomaly cúvni a nechaj ho ísť svojou cestou.
Ak ťa uhryzne: zostaň pokojný, nehýb sa, zavolaj na tiesňovú linku (112, 000, 911) alebo sa rýchlo dostaň do nemocnice. Zapamätaj si, ako vyzeralo, fotka pomôže.

Nejde po tebe. Jed používa na chytanie potravy alebo na obranu a oveľa radšej sa schová. Viac o tom, ako zostať v bezpečí

Kde na svete?

Afrika Ázia Európa Severná Amerika Južná Amerika Austrália a Oceánia

Aké je veľké?

Aké je dlhé?

dlhé ako 4 banánov za sebouby prebehlo 100 metrov za 110 sekúnd (najrýchlejší človek potrebuje 9,6)

Aký veľký je Broad-banded copperhead v porovnaní s TEBOU?

Iba matematika v tvojom prehliadači. Nič sa neukladá ani nikam neposiela.

Aké je rýchle?

Korytnačka suchozemská asi 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Broad-banded copperhead asi 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

Kráčajúci človek asi 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

dobré vedieť

Fakty

It can swim across large bodies of water and has been found swimming more than a quarter of a mile from shore in Lake Texoma, Texas.1

In one radio tracking study, a snake was found with a Texas horned lizard inside it. The snake later passed the tracking device without harm.1

Although it is not tree-dwelling, it can climb and has been seen coiled and resting in trees about 2 metres above the ground.1

Some copperheads in Kansas are hybrids of the eastern and broad-banded copperheads. Genetic studies in that state found no genetically pure broad-banded copperheads.1

It is known by colourful local names, including thunder snake, rattlesnake pilot and red eye.1

Lovec mýtov

Mýtus: Copperhead bites are harmless.

Pravda: A bite is not life-threatening to a healthy adult, but it can cause swelling, tissue death and severe pain. Any bite should be treated seriously and medical care sought.1

Pre znalcov jedov

Vedecký názov: Agkistrodon laticinctus
Skupina: Chrapkáče
Rodina: Viperidae2
Rad: Squamata
Kontinenty: Severná Amerika
Mláďatá: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs, with a litter of up to eight young in early fall.1
Dĺžka života: asi 21 rokov1
Nebezpečenstvo pre ľudí: 3 / 5: Vážne3

Odkiaľ sú fakty

Agkistrodon laticinctus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Agkistrodon laticinctus (iNaturalist): mená a klasifikácia.
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