ID#: 10848
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This photograph depicted a juvenile, venomous, southern copperhead snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, found in a Decatur, Georgia basement. The adult A. contortrix pit viper grows to a length 50cm to 95cm, and is pictured in PHIL 8130 and 10841. The name pit viper is derived from the fact that these snakes 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 anterior oblique perspective.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ James Gathany
Creation Date: 2008
Photo Credit: James Gathany
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