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Pygmy rattlesnake

Sistrurus miliarius
Ko fii innde ndee: The specific name miliarius comes from Latin and means millet or millet-like, probably describing the blotched patterns on its body.1
No muusi tunNo muusi, kono gaañataa ma no feewi.
Ɓoɗɗi wulloowi ŊatgolNo ñaama: Teewu
Musiiba e yimɓe: MuusɗoNo waawi muusugol sanne, kono ko ɓadii kala tuma ɗum wonataa musiiba mawɗo.

The pygmy rattlesnake is a small, venomous snake that lives in the southeastern United States. It is the smallest rattlesnake found on the North American continent. Its venom is strongly tissue-damaging, but the snake makes so little that a bite is unlikely to be fatal to an adult.1

No hoɗi nder
Southeastern United States, from southern and eastern North Carolina south through peninsular Florida and west to East Texas and Oklahoma1
Amerik Nord
Hello arano
It lives in flatwoods, sandhills, longleaf pine savannahs, mixed scrub oak forests and floodplains, and is also found near lakes and marshes. It does not dig its own burrows. It uses holes dug by small rodents or gopher tortoises, and it prefers densely vegetated areas for cover.1
Juutugol
40 cm haa 79 cm (1,3 ft haa 2,6 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
It eats small mammals, birds, lizards, insects, frogs and other snakes, and also giant desert centipedes. Young snakes lure skinks by waving the tail, while adults wait motionless in a coil for days at a time.1
Goonga!Natal Pygmy rattlesnake
Pygmy rattlesnake. Natal: unknown. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • Small but bulky in width, usually 40 to 60 cm long including the tail1
  • Dorsal pattern of oval or roughly circular spots with somewhat regular edges1
  • Flank spots are mostly round and not much taller than they are wide1
  • Usually 23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody1
  • Young snakes may be paler or more vividly marked, and have a yellow tail tip. The rattle is tiny and gives only a faint buzz that is heard from a few feet away1

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Ŋatgol

Tooke no yaltira ñiiƴe mum tuma ngal ŋatata.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

Its venom is cytotoxic, which means it damages cells, and it is strongly haemorrhagic, which means it causes bleeding. The venom is tissue-toxic but contains no neurotoxins, which attack the nerves. The snake produces only a small amount of venom and contains substantial amounts of serotonin and related compounds.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: MuusɗoNo waawi muusugol sanne, kono ko ɓadii kala tuma ɗum wonataa musiiba mawɗo.

The snake produces too little venom to be likely to deliver a fatal bite to a human adult.1

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

Some individuals are very aggressive and strike furiously, while others are lethargic and do not rattle at all, and many are reluctant to bite.1

Si no ŋata

  • Haɗu neɗɗo on dillagol, deeƴnu mo, jogo koyngal walla jungo ŋataaɗo on e toownde ɓernde, ittu baagiiji e ko tiiɗi fow, yahra mo lopitaan law.

Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
  • Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • Si gooto e majji ŋatii ma: deeƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911) walla yahu lopitaan law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal no walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Ngal no huutora tooke mum ngam nanngugol ñaamdu walla reenugol hoore mum, ngal ɓuri yiɗugol suuɗaade. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa

Hono mawniri?

Hono juutiri?

Pygmy rattlesnake juuti wona 79 cm (2,6 ft)Ullundu suudu wona 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu wona 1 m (3,3 ft)
juuti no banaanaaji 4 jokkondirɗino waawi taccugol meeteruuji 100 nder segonde 110 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawugol sokli 9,6)

Hono Pygmy rattlesnake mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?

Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.

Hono yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndugol

Humpito

1

Its venom was the basis for the drug eptifibatide, which is used to prevent clotting during a heart attack.1

2

It is the smallest rattlesnake found on the North American continent.1

3

Its rattle is unusually small, which may show the early stages of how rattles evolved.1

4

Snake fungal disease has risen sharply in pygmy rattlesnakes over the past decade and is a major cause of death, though some snakes have recovered in the field.1

5

Females may give birth to live young even while infected with snake fungal disease.1

Bonnoowo fenaandeeji

Fenaande: Its bite is deadly to people.

Goonga: The snake makes so little venom that a bite is unlikely to be fatal to an adult human.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Sistrurus miliarius
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wulloowi
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Nord
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
It gives birth to live young, usually 3 to 13 per litter, between July and September.1
Hono ngal woniri nder ladde
Least concern (IUCN Red List)1
Musiiba e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Sistrurus miliarius (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Sistrurus miliarius (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.

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