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Florida cottonmouth

Agkistrodon conanti
Nípa orúkọ náà: It is named in honour of Roger Conant, a herpetologist (reptile and amphibian scientist) and friend of the scientist who first described it.1
Ó nílò dókítàKì í sábà pani, ṣùgbọ́n ìbùjẹ nílò dókítà.
Pit viper Ìbùjẹ
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó le gan-anÌbùjẹ nílò dókítà. Ikú kò wọ́pọ̀ rárá.

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

Ó ń gbé ní
Southeastern United States: the Florida peninsula, including the Florida Keys as far as Big Pine Key, and southern Georgia1
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Ilé
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
Gígùn
76 cm sí 1.9 m (2.5 ft sí 6.2 ft)1
Ìwúwo
4.6 kg (10 lb)1
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 3.6 km/h (2.2 mph)
Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò Florida cottonmouth
Florida cottonmouth. Fọ́tò: William J. Deml. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • 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

A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: 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

Agbára oró

Ìbùjẹ

Oró ń jáde láti inú eyín oró tàbí eyín rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó bá bùjẹ.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

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

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó le gan-anÌbùjẹ nílò dókítà. Ikú kò wọ́pọ̀ rárá.

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

Bí ó bá bùjẹ

  • Jẹ́ kí ẹni náà wà láìmira kí ó sì farabalẹ̀, jẹ́ kí apá tàbí ẹsẹ̀ tí ó bù jẹ wà ní ìpele ọkàn, yọ òrùka àti àwọn nǹkan tó há, kí ẹ sì lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá.

Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́

Wà láìléwu

  • Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
  • Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
  • Bí ọ̀kan bá bù ọ́ jẹ: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.

Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu

Níbo ní ayé?

ÁfíríkàÉṣíàYúróòpùÀríwá Amẹ́ríkàGúúsù Amẹ́ríkàỌsirélíà àti Òṣéáníà

Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

Florida cottonmouth gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 1.9 m (6.2 ft)Kẹ̀kẹ́ àgbàlagbà nǹkan bí 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Ọkọ̀ ayọ́kẹ́lẹ́ kan nǹkan bí 4.5 m (15 ft)

Báwo ló ṣe wúwo tó?

ó wúwo tó ológbò ilé 1
ó gùn tó ológbò ilé 4 láti imú dé ìrùó gùn tó ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ 10 tí a tò tẹ̀léraó wúwo tó ológbò ilélè sáré mítà 100 ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 100 (ènìyàn tó yára jùlọ nílò 9.6)

Báwo ni Florida cottonmouth ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?

Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.

Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

1

It has more than 20 colloquial names, including water moccasin, pond moccasin, swamp lion and water rattlesnake.1

2

The largest recorded specimen, from Marion County, Florida, weighed 4.6 kg.1

3

Females usually breed only every other year.1

Olùfọ́ àròsọ

Àròsọ: It is a harmless watersnake.

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

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Agkistrodon conanti
Ẹgbẹ́
Pit viper
Ìdílé
Viperidae2
Ètò
Squamata
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Àwọn ọmọ
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
Ewu fún ènìyàn
3 / 5: Ó le gan-an3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Florida cottonmouth (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Agkistrodon conanti (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
  3. Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.

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