tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841879571755784022011-04-21T19:55:37.051-07:00Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017732075778521004noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2984187957175578402.post-57172354306763512982008-05-11T02:41:00.000-07:002008-12-08T22:51:25.575-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QC76W8FM9hE/SCbzAmdyfEI/AAAAAAAAAGU/Tswn0c3Rjvk/s1600-h/zzz-american-copperhead2.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199110011496856642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QC76W8FM9hE/SCbzAmdyfEI/AAAAAAAAAGU/Tswn0c3Rjvk/s400/zzz-american-copperhead2.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff33;">SCIENTIFIC NAME:</span> <em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Agkistrodon contortrix</span><br /></em><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">DESCRIPTION:</span> <span style="color:#33ccff;">Chestnut color dominates overall, with darker crossbands of rich browns that become narrower on top and widen at the bottom. The top of the head is a coppery color.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">CHARACTERISTICS:</span> <span style="color:#33ccff;">Very common over much of its range, with a natural camouflage ability to blend in the environment. Copperheads are rather quiet and inoffensive in disposition but will defend themselves vigorously. Bites occur when the snakes are stepped on or when a victim is lying next to one. A copperhead lying on a bed of dead leaves becomes invisible. Its venom is haemotoxic.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">HABITAT:</span> <span style="color:#33ccff;">Found in wooded and rocky areas and mountainous regions.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">LENGTH:</span> <span style="color:#33ccff;">Average 60 centimeters, maximum 120 centimeters. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;">DISTRIBUTION:</span> <span style="color:#33ccff;">Eastern Gulf States, Texas, Arkansas, Maryland, North Florida, Illinois, Oklahoma, Kansas, Ohio, New York, Alabama, Tennessee, and Massachusetts.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2984187957175578402-5717235430676351298?l=venomsoftheworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017732075778521004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2984187957175578402.post-28497837944183359082008-05-10T04:52:00.000-07:002008-05-11T06:17:50.432-07:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Snakes. limbless, spiked-tongued, hissing, slithering creatures. they have always fascinated and also awed me. did you know that just a millilitre of a Fer-de-lance venom is sufficient to kill 60-100 human adults? amazing, huh? i shall try and keep posting the reports on various venomous snakes of the world as regularly as possible. :)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2984187957175578402-2849783794418335908?l=venomsoftheworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017732075778521004noreply@blogger.com0