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Red diamond rattlesnake

Crotalus ruber
Izenari buruz: The specific name 'ruber' is Latin for red, which refers to the snake's reddish colour.1
Medikua behar duGutxitan da hilgarria, baina koska batek medikua behar du.
Kriskitin-sugeak KoskaJaten du: Haragia
Arriskua pertsonentzat: LarriaKoska batek medikua behar du. Heriotzak oso arraroak dira.

The red diamond rattlesnake is a venomous pit viper with a reddish colour. It lives in southwestern California in the United States and in Baja California in Mexico. Its bite is a medical emergency, even though its venom is one of the weaker rattlesnake venoms.1

Non bizi den
Southwestern California (USA), Baja California peninsula (Mexico) and islands in the Gulf of California1
Ipar Amerika
Hasiera
It lives in cooler coastal areas, over the mountains and into the desert beyond. It favours dense chaparral (shrubby scrubland) in the foothills, cactus patches and brush-covered boulders, from sea level up to 1,500 m. Small caves and cracks in reddish sandstone mesas are a favoured home.1
Luzera
30 cm eta 1,6 m artean (1 ft eta 5,3 ft artean)1
Abiadura handiena
3,9 km/h inguru (2,4 mph)
Lehorrean, kalkulu gutxi gorabeherakoa
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It preys on rabbits, ground squirrels, birds, lizards and other snakes. Coastal snakes eat prey with a larger body mass than desert snakes.1
Benetan!Argazkia: Red diamond rattlesnake
Red diamond rattlesnake. Argazkia: Caudatejake. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Nola ezagutu

  • Reddish colour, which gives the species its name1
  • A pattern very similar to the western diamondback, C. atrox1
  • The first lower lip scale on each side is split, forming a pair of chin shields1
  • Usually 29 rows of dorsal (back) scales, ranging from 25 to 31 rows1

Askotan honekin nahasten da: It is very similar in pattern to C. atrox, the western diamondback. The red diA mond rattlesnake can be told apart by its reddish colour and by the split first lower lip scale that forms a pair of chin shields.1

Pozoi-ahalmena

Koska

Pozoia letaginetatik edo hortzetatik ateratzen da kosk egiten duenean.

Zer egiten du bere pozoiak?

All rattlesnakes are venomous, and this species has one of the least potent rattlesnake venoms. Its venom contains enzymes that break down proteins and damage tissue, and it can cause massive swelling, pain, bruising, blisters and tissue death at the bite site. Symptoms can also include nausea, vomiting and bleeding problems, because the venom affects how the blood clots.1

Zein arriskutsua da pertsonentzat?

Arriskua pertsonentzat: LarriaKoska batek medikua behar du. Heriotzak oso arraroak dira.

Its venom is mild compared with other rattlesnakes, and the snake has a mild disposition. However, a bite is still a medical emergency and can be fatal without prompt antivenom treatment.1

Albiste ona: medikuek badute sendagai bat (antipozoia) edo tratamendu bat honetarako.1

Zer egiten du beldurtzen denean?

This species is of a mild disposition.1

Kosk egiten badu

  • A bite from this snake is a medical emergency. Get medical help straight away, because prompt antivenom treatment is needed.1
  • Eutsi pertsona geldi eta lasai, eduki koska jasotako gorputz-adarra bihotzaren mailan, kendu eraztunak eta gauza estuak, eta joan ospitalera azkar.

Deitu beti lehenik zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911). Lehen sorospenei buruzko orientabide orokorra da hau, ez mediku-aholkua. Lehen sorospenen oinarriak

Egon seguru

  • Ez ukitu, ez harrapatu eta ez zirikatu inoiz animalia basati bat, txikia izan arren, eta lo edo hilda dagoela badirudi ere.
  • Utzi tartea. Bat aurkitzen baduzu, egon lasai, egin atzera poliki eta utzi bere bidetik joaten.
  • Batek kosk egiten badizu: egon lasai, egon geldi, deitu zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911) edo joan ospitalera azkar. Gogoratu nolakoa zen, argazki batek laguntzen du.

Ez dabil zure atzetik. Pozoia janaria harrapatzeko edo bere burua babesteko erabiltzen du, eta askoz nahiago du ezkutatu. Seguru egoteari buruz gehiago

Zein handia da?

Zein luzea da?

Red diamond rattlesnake 1,6 m inguru luze (5,3 ft)Txakur bat 1 m inguru (3,3 ft)Heldu bat 1,7 m inguru (5,6 ft)
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Datuak

1

Its venom is one of the least potent of all rattlesnake venoms, yet a bite still needs urgent treatment.1

2

The largest recorded specimen measured 162 cm, which is long for a rattlesnake of this kind.1

3

Snakes from coastal areas are longer on average than those from desert areas.1

4

It lives on several islands in the Gulf of California, as well as on the Baja California peninsula.1

Mito-hauslea

Mitoa: Because its venom is mild, its bite is harmless.

Egia: Its venom is one of the least potent of rattlesnake venoms, but a bite is still a medical emergency and can be fatal without prompt antivenom treatment.1

Pozoi-adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Crotalus ruber
Taldea
Kriskitin-sugeak
Familia
Viperidae2
Ordena
Squamata
Kontinenteak
Ipar Amerika
Kumeak
It gives birth to live young (ovoviviparous). Females give birth in August to between three and 20 young, each 30 to 34 cm long.1
Nola dagoen naturan
Least Concern1
Arriskua pertsonentzat
3 / 5: Larria3

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. Crotalus ruber (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Crotalus ruber (iNaturalist): izenak eta sailkapena.
  3. Venom Wiki: arrisku-maila, ohiko tamaina eta abiadura-kalkulua geureak dira. Ikusi nola kalkulatzen ditugun: Nola baloratzen dugun arriskua.

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