Broad-banded Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus)
Created: September 23rd, 2010 - 04:44 PM
Last Modified: September 23rd, 2010 - 04:48 PM Entered by: Tom Lott
Record 54513
Last Modified: September 23rd, 2010 - 04:48 PM Entered by: Tom Lott
Record 54513
Country: United States |
State: Texas |
County: Atascosa County |
Time: 2010-09-04 10:25:00 |
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Qty: 1 |
Age: YoY |
Sex: -- |
Method: Visual encounter |
Habitat: Suburbanized Live Oak savanna |
Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: 79.00F |
Ground Temperature: ----- |
Humidity: 46% |
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Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy |
Moon Phase: ----- |
Elevation: 459.00ft |
Barometric Pressure: 764.54 mmHg |
Notes
Specimen was perched 14" above ground in a Mexican Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus grandiflorus)bush. It was not observed to engage in tail-luring behavior even though two anoles and numerous recently emerged cicadas were within a 12" radius of its position.