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Western massasauga

Sistrurus tergeminus

Ọ chọrọ dọkịtaỌ naghị egbukarị egbu, mana ịta ya chọrọ dọkịta.

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Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Ọ dị njọỊta ya chọrọ dọkịta. Ọnwụ anaghị adịkarị ma ọlị.

The western massasauga is a small, venomous rattlesnake. It lives on the grassy plains and deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its rattle is higher pitched than those of bigger rattlesnakes, so it can be easy to miss as a warning.1

Ebe obibi

Southwestern plains of the United States and northern Mexico1

Ugwu Amerika

Ụlọ

It is mostly found in grassland, on the edge of open woodland and on rocky hillsides. It often uses the burrows of other animals for shelter. It is most often found near water or straight after rain, and prefers dry or heavily covered ground.1

Ogologo

35 cm ruo 91 cm (1.1 ft ruo 3 ft)1

Ọsọ kacha elu

ihe dị ka 3.4 km/h (2.1 mph)

N'elu ala, nchepụta

Gịnị ka ọ na-eri?

It mainly eats rodents. It may also eat lizards and frogs.1

Foto Western massasauga — Western massasauga. Foto: LA Dawson. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya

Dark brown blotches stand out strongly against a tan-grey or light grey background.1
The belly is light, with a few dark markings.1
Adults range from 35 to 91 cm in total length, tail included.1
It has a rattle, but it is higher pitched than the rattles of larger rattlesnakes.1

A na-agwakọkarị ya na: Its colour pattern is similar to that of the eastern massasauga, but paler. The dark brown blotches contrast more strongly with its light ground colour.1

Ike nsị

Ịta

Nsị na-esi n'eze nsị ya ma ọ bụ eze ya apụta mgbe ọ na-ata.

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Its venom is a powerful hemotoxin, which damages blood and tissue. It can cause swelling, necrosis (death of body tissue) and severe pain. Its yield is low, so each bite delivers less venom than a larger rattlesnake's bite would.1

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Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Ọ dị njọỊta ya chọrọ dọkịta. Ọnwụ anaghị adịkarị ma ọlị.

Its bite is less severe than that of larger rattlesnakes because it delivers less venom. Even so, the bite can be fatal if it is not treated.1

Ozi ọma: ndị dọkịta nwere ọgwụ (antivenom) ma ọ bụ ọgwụgwọ maka nke a.1

Gịnị ka ọ na-eme mgbe ụjọ tụrụ ya?

Its rattle is not a reliable warning, because its high pitch is easy to miss.1

Ọ bụrụ na ọ tara

Treatment should be sought immediately for any venomous snake bite. The antivenin CroFab is not specific to this snake, but it can be used to treat severe envenomation from massasaugas.1
Mee ka onye ahụ ghara imegharị ahụ, dịkwa jụụ, debe aka ma ọ bụ ụkwụ ahụ ọ tara n'ogo obi, wepụ mgbanaka na ihe ndị kekọrọ ahụ ike, kpọga ya ụlọ ọgwụ ngwa ngwa.

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Nye ya ohere. Ọ bụrụ na ị zutere otu, dị jụụ, laghachi azụ nwayọ, hapụ ya ka ọ gaa ụzọ ya.
Ọ bụrụ na otu tara gị: dị jụụ, emegharịla ahụ, kpọọ nọmba mberede gị (112, 000, 911) ma ọ bụ gaa ụlọ ọgwụ ngwa ngwa. Cheta ka o si dị, foto na-enye aka.

Ọ naghị achụ gị. Ọ na-eji nsị ya ejide nri ma ọ bụ chebe onwe ya, ọ ga-akakwa mma n'anya ya ịzo onwe ya. Ihe ndị ọzọ gbasara ịnọ na nchekwa

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Mbe ihe dị ka 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

Western massasauga ihe dị ka 3.4 km/h (2.1 mph)

Mmadụ na-aga ije ihe dị ka 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

ọ dị mma ịmara

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Its venom is as potent as that of larger rattlesnakes, but its low yield greatly reduces the harm it can do.1

It is nicknamed the buzztail because of its high-pitched rattle.1

It is mainly active at night and is considered mild-mannered and sluggish, especially in summer, when it is sometimes found basking.1

It was once considered a subspecies of the eastern massasauga.1

Onye na-ekpughe akụkọ ụgha

Akụkọ ụgha: A rattle always gives a clear warning before a rattlesnake bites.

Eziokwu: The western massasauga's rattle is higher pitched than those of larger rattlesnakes, so it should not be relied on as a warning.1

Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị

Aha sayensị: Sistrurus tergeminus
Otu: Rattlesnake
Ezinụlọ: Viperidae2
Usoro: Squamata
Kọntinent dị iche iche: Ugwu Amerika
Otú ọ na-eme n'ọhịa: Vulnerable (the desert massasauga subspecies, according to NatureServe)1
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: 3 / 5: Ọ dị njọ3

Ebe eziokwu ndị a si

Sistrurus tergeminus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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