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Broad-banded Copperhead

Agkistrodon laticinctus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 280, February 268, March 304, April 606, May 678, June 557, July 352, August 159, September 204, October 202, November 263, December 255.
Texas4,735
United States3,719
Oklahoma494
Kansas145
Missouri4
Mexico3
Chihuahua2
Coahuila de Zaragoza1

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Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingChecked by the maintainer

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyVipers · Viperidae
GenusCopperheads, Cottonmouths, and Cantils · Agkistrodon

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