Taylor's cantil
Taylor's cantil is a stout, venomous pitviper that lives only in northeastern Mexico. It is rare in the wild, and it is known to be very defensive when approached or restrained. Its name honours Edward Harrison Taylor, a herpetologist who studied the reptiles and amphibians of Mexico.1

Yadda za ka gane shi
- Two bold white or yellowish stripes run along each side of the face.1
- The body has a pattern of black and grey-brown bands, accented with white, yellow and orange.1
- Males are noticeably darker than females, and some older males become nearly black.1
- The tail ends in a small, downturned, spine-like scale.1
- Adults are stout and medium-sized, usually 64 to 90 cm long.1
Ana yawan rikita shi da: Other members of the genus Agkistrodon differ in several ways. The cottonmouth and Conant's cantil lack the loreal scale that Taylor's cantil has, and the copperhead and broad-banded cantil lack its face stripes. Taylor's cantil also has fewer subcaudal scales than the other cantils, 45 to 56 in males and 40 to 47 in females.1
Ƙarfin dafi
Dafi yana fitowa ta haƙoransa na dafi ko haƙoransa idan ya ciza.
Me dafinsa yake yi?
Its venom is believed to be similar to that of its close relative, the cantil Agkistrodon bilineatus. The venom is considered potentially fatal.1
Yaya haɗarinsa yake ga mutane?
Haɗari ga mutane: Mai haɗari sosaiYana iya kashe mutumin da bai samu magani ba.No case reports of human envenomations have been published. Because the snake is rare and its venom is thought to be potentially fatal, it is treated with caution.1
Me yake yi idan ya ji tsoro?
It is not overtly aggressive, but it is very defensive, with a volatile temper, and may be quick to strike when approached, threatened or restrained.1
Idan ya ciji
- Ka sa mutumin ya zauna ba motsi kuma ya natsu, ka ajiye gaɓar da aka ciza a daidai matakin zuciya, ka cire zobba da abubuwa masu matsi, kuma ku je asibiti da sauri.
Kullum ka fara kiran lambar gaggawa (112, 000, 911). Wannan jagorar agajin gaggawa ce ta gaba ɗaya, ba shawarar likita ba. Muhimman abubuwan agajin gaggawa
Kiyaye lafiya
- Kada ka taɓa, kada ka kama, kada ka tsokani dabbar daji, ko da ƙarama ce, kuma ko da tana kama da tana barci ko ta mutu.
- Ka ba shi sarari. Idan ka haɗu da ɗaya, ka natsu, ka koma baya a hankali kuma ka bar shi ya bi hanyarsa.
- Idan ɗaya ya ciji ka: ka natsu, ka zauna ba motsi, ka kira lambar gaggawarka (112, 000, 911) ko ka je asibiti da sauri. Ka tuna yadda yake, hoto yana taimakawa.
Ba ya neman cutar da kai. Yana amfani da dafinsa don kama abinci ko don kare kansa, kuma ya fi son ya ɓuya. Ƙarin bayani game da kiyaye lafiya
Yaya girmansa yake?
Yaya tsawonsa yake?
tsawon kyanwoyin gida 2 daga hanci zuwa wutsiya
tsawon ayaba 5 a jere
zai iya gudun mita 100 cikin daƙiƙa 100 (mutum mafi sauri yana buƙatar 9,6)Yaya girman Taylor's cantil yake idan aka kwatanta da KAI?
Lissafi ne kawai a cikin burauzarka. Ba a adana komai ko a aika ko'ina.
Yaya saurinsa yake?
Bayanai
Only a handful of specimens were known for decades. A 1948 to 1953 field study in Tamaulipas yielded just three specimens over 14 months of fieldwork.1
It is the only species in its genus with an obvious difference in colour between males and females.1
It was first collected in 1938 crawling on a highway, and it was not formally described as a subspecies until 1951.1
Its tail is proportionately shorter than in other cantils, making up 16 to 19% of total length in males and 13 to 18% in females.1
Don ƙwararru a kan dafi
Inda bayanan suka fito
- Agkistrodon taylori (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Agkistrodon taylori (iNaturalist): sunaye da rarrabuwa.
- Venom Wiki: matakin haɗari, girman al'ada da ƙiyasin sauri namu ne. Ga yadda muke lissafa su: Yadda muke auna haɗari.
Kowane bayani a wannan shafi yana da lamba da ke nuna tushensa. Idan mun yi kuskure, ka yi haƙuri, mu masoya dabbobi ne, ba mujallar kimiyya ba. Ka gaya mana a [email protected] kuma za mu gyara.
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