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Ekifaananyi ekikubiddwa ekya Desert night snake
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Desert night snake

Hypsiglena chlorophaea
Tekirina kabiTekirina kabi eri abantu. Tewali kya kweraliikirira.
Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

The desert nightsnake is a small, slender snake that hunts at night and spends the day hidden. It lives in dry parts of western North America, from the southwestern United States into northwestern Mexico. It is mildly venomous, but it poses no danger to people.1

Kibeera mu
Western and southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico, and a small area of southern British Columbia, Canada1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Awaka
It lives in dry places such as desert scrub, chaparral, grasslands, oak woodlands and rocky canyons. It spends daylight hours hiding in rock crevices, on talus slopes, under surface debris or in abandoned mammal burrows.1
Obuwanvu
30 cm okutuuka ku 66 cm (1 ft okutuuka ku 2,2 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 4,5 km/h (2,8 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It is an ambush predator that waits for prey and uses its mild venom to subdue it. It mainly eats small lizards such as skinks and lizard eggs, and will also take small snakes, frogs, salamanders and insects.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Desert night snake
Desert night snake. Ekifaananyi: iNaturalist user: nmoorhatch. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Small and slender, usually 30 to 66 cm long in total.1
  • Base colour is beige, yellowish or grey, with dark grey-brown blotches that usually form offset pairs down the back.1
  • Three long dark blotches on the neck and one behind each eye.1
  • Triangular head with vertical pupils.1
  • Smooth scales on the back and no rattle at the tail.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: It is often mistaken for a juvenile rattlesnake because of its triangular head, vertical pupils and blotched pattern. Unlike a rattlesnake, it has no rattle and its back scales are smooth.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

It is mildly venomous and uses its venom to subdue prey. It has rear fangs, which are grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

It is mildly venomous and poses no danger to humans.1

Bwe kiruma

  • Naaza ekifo ekirumiddwa, omuntu muleke ateefu era funa obuyambi bw'abasawo. Ebika ebimu (nga boomslang) bisobola okutta oluvannyuma lw'essaawa.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'emu ekuluma: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Desert night snake kiwanvu nga 66 cm (2,2 ft)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)
kiwanvu nga ndiizi 4 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 80 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Desert night snake kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

It is a rear-fanged snake, with enlarged grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw that help it subdue prey.1

2

In Canada, it is federally listed as Endangered, because its small population is threatened by habitat loss.1

3

Females are generally longer and heavier than males.1

4

It is mainly active at night and at dusk, which is why it has the name nightsnake.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: It is a juvenile rattlesnake.

Amazima: It is a separate species. It has no rattle and its back scales are smooth.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Hypsiglena chlorophaea
Ekibinja
Emisota egirina amannyo ag'obusagwa emabega
Amaka
Colubridae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Abaana abawere
It lays eggs. Females lay a single clutch of 2 to 9 eggs, usually around 4, between April and July, hidden in rock crevices or abandoned burrows. The eggs hatch in late summer, and the hatchlings are about 17 cm long.1
Kiri kitya mu nsiko
Least Concern globally (IUCN); Endangered in Canada (COSEWIC)1
Akabi eri abantu
1 / 5: Kitono3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Hypsiglena chlorophaea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hypsiglena chlorophaea (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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