Agkistrodon piscivorus 7🐍

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SpeciesViperidae
Reptiles

🐍Agkistrodon piscivorus

Agkistrodon piscivorus (Lacépède, 1789)

食鱼蝮(Agkistrodon piscivorus)是蝰科蝮亚科下的一種毒蛇。它是世界上为数不多的兩棲蝰蛇之一,原产于美国东南部。 成年食鱼蝮体型巨大,能够咬人,造成疼痛,甚至致命。當它受到威胁或被人以任何方式触摸时,它会蜷缩身体,露出獠牙以及咬人。 它通常生活在水中或水边,尤其是在水流缓慢的浅湖、溪流和沼泽中。它會游泳,偶尔會进入海湾和河口,並在障壁岛和大陆之间游动。

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vs you
≈ 1/36th of your weight
Also called
Cottonmouth
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2007.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Agkistrodon piscivorus

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
1.7 kgrecord 3.33 kg · ReptTraits
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
1.89 mmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
25 yearsrecord 25 years · ReptTraits
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
152 days
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 8
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Diet
Carnivorous
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Cathemeral
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Foraging mode
ACT
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
Yes
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Snout–vent length
0.58 mmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
1.7 Laverage
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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.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyViperidae
  5. ›genusAgkistrodon
  6. ›speciesAgkistrodon piscivorus
Full lineage
  1. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  2. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  3. subfamilyCrotalinae
  4. genusAgkistrodon
All 14 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  12. familyViperidae
  13. subfamilyCrotalinae
  14. genusAgkistrodon
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Mokasyn błotny (pl), mocassin d'eau (fr), Su mokaseni (tr), vesimokkasiinikäärme (fi), Vízi mokaszinkígyó (hu), Мокасинова змія водяна (uk) … and 18 more languages

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