Broad-banded Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus)

Created: August 17th, 2010 - 06:28 PM
Last Modified: August 28th, 2010 - 11:03 AM Entered by: Tom Lott
Record 52699

Country: United States		State: Texas	County: Atascosa County	Time: 2010-08-09 10:22:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: Female	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: Suburbanized Live Oak savanna
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 85.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: 64%
Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 459.00ft	Barometric Pressure: 761.746008997 mmHg

Notes

Coiled in vegetation at base of a Date Palm; emerged when sprinkled with water.

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Kyle Loucks on Aug 19, 2010 at 08:39 AM

nice work... beautiful snake!

Posted by Tom Lott on Aug 18, 2010 at 06:09 PM

Slightly relocated (ca. 50 m) and released. It's a residential area with small children but with a good - mostly unnoticed - population of copperhaeds.

Posted by Kyle Loucks on Aug 18, 2010 at 10:12 AM

released?