Broad-banded copperhead
Agkistrodon laticinctus Gloyd & Conant, 1934
Status not recordedsnakes
The broad-banded copperhead (Agkistrodon laticinctus) is a species in the family Viperidae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the broad-banded copperhead
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- up to 1.35 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 24.6 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Reproduction
- Live birthsrc for Reproduction
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the broad-banded copperhead live?
Not recorded
Is the broad-banded copperhead endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the broad-banded copperhead classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyViperidae
- genusAgkistrodon
- SpeciesAgkistrodon laticinctus Gloyd & Conant, 1934
Synonyms Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus, Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster, Agkistrodon mokeson laticinctus, Agkistrodon mokeson pictigaster
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- BreitbandkupferkopfGerman
- Breitband-KupferkopfGerman
- Trans-Pecos-KupferkopfGerman
- Cabeza de Cobre CentralSpanish
- Trans-Pecos Copperheadroot
- 寬斑銅頭蝮Chinese
Relatives of the broad-banded copperhead
Other species in the same genus Agkistrodon.
Eastern copperhead
Agkistrodon contortrix
Cottonmouth
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Cantil
Agkistrodon bilineatus
Taylor's Cantil
Agkistrodon taylori
Cantil
Agkistrodon russeolus
Gloyd's Cantil
Agkistrodon howardgloydi
CompareBroad-banded copperhead vs Eastern copperheadBroad-banded copperhead vs CottonmouthBroad-banded copperhead vs CantilBroad-banded copperhead vs Taylor's Cantil
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the broad-banded copperhead?
The broad-banded copperhead (Agkistrodon laticinctus) belongs to the family Viperidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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