ID#: 22499
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This photograph depicted a juvenile, venomous, southern copperhead snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, found nestled in a Decatur, Georgia basement. The adult A. contortrix pit viper grows to a length 50cm to 95cm. See PHIL 8130 and 10841 for two additional views of A. contortrix vipers. The name pit viper is derived from the fact that this snake possess two heat-sensing organs situated inside a pit on either side of its head, between each ipsilateral eye and nostril, both of which are visible on the right side of this snake’s head from this right superior-oblique perspective.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ James Gathany
Creation Date: 2008
Photo Credit: James Gathany
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