🐍Agkistrodon piscivorus
Die Wassermokassinotter (Agkistrodon piscivorus) ist eine im Südosten der USA weit verbreitete Schlangenart, die in drei Unterarten auftritt. Sie gehört zur Unterfamilie der Grubenottern. Gelegentlich wird sie auch als Wassermokassinschlange bezeichnet. Die Art ist eng an stehende Gewässer aller Art gebunden, sie erbeutet dort alle vorkommenden kleinen Wirbeltiere, außerdem verschiedene Wirbellose und frisst gelegentlich auch Aas. Die Wassermokassinotter ist wie alle Grubenottern giftig, der Biss ist für Menschen jedoch nur sehr selten tödlich.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2007.
- Body mass
- 1.7 kg
- Body length
- 1.89 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 25 years
Everything we know about the Agkistrodon piscivorus
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.7 kgrecord 3.33 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Body length1.89 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
Maximum lifespan25 yearsrecord 25 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Gestation152 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Litter sizeabout 8AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCathemeralReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeACTReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousYesReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Snout–vent length0.58 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Agkistrodon piscivorus yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classSquamata
- ›familyViperidae
- ›genusAgkistrodon
- ›speciesAgkistrodon piscivorus
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- subfamilyCrotalinae
- genusAgkistrodon
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- familyViperidae
- subfamilyCrotalinae
- genusAgkistrodon
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