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Eastern massasauga

Sistrurus catenatus

Ku linnya: "Massasauga" comes from the Ojibwe language and probably means "great river-mouth", likely describing the grasslands around river deltas.1

Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okulumwa kwetaaga omusawo.

Rattlesnake

KirumaKirya: Ennyama

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The eastern massasauga is a small rattlesnake that lives in eastern North America, mainly around the Great Lakes. It is the only venomous snake in Ontario, Canada. It is shy and keeps away from people, but it is a protected species because its numbers have fallen sharply.1

Kibeera mu

Southern Ontario, Canada, and eastern parts of the Midwestern United States, including the Great Lakes region1

Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono

Awaka

It is most often found near wetlands such as swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, wet meadows and floodplains. It may also live in meadows, prairies and coniferous forests, and often uses crayfish burrows. In summer it may move to drier habitats.1

Obuwanvu

60 cm okutuuka ku 75 cm (2 ft okutuuka ku 2,5 ft)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka

Kirya ki?

It eats small vertebrates, mainly rodents such as voles, white-footed mice, jumping mice and shrews. Juveniles mostly eat reptiles, usually lizards in western populations and snakes in eastern ones. Frogs are also an important food in some northern and eastern populations.1

Ekifaananyi kya Eastern massasauga — Eastern massasauga. Ekifaananyi: Willem Span. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

Ground colour is grey or tan.1
A row of large, rounded brown or black blotches runs down the centre of the back.1
Three smaller rows of alternating spots run down each side.1
Solid black individuals also occur.1
Like all rattlesnakes, it has heat-sensing pits on each side of its head, between the eye and the nostril.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its venom is cytotoxic, which means it destroys tissue. It also contains digestive enzymes that disrupt blood flow and stop blood from clotting. In its prey, these effects cause severe internal bleeding.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The snake is shy and avoids humans when it can. Most bites in Ontario happened after people handled it or accidentally stepped on it. Only two deaths from its bites have been recorded in Ontario, and in both cases the victims did not receive proper treatment.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

It is shy and tends to withdraw from people rather than confront them.1

Bwe kiruma

Omuntu muleke ateetambula era ateefu, ekitundu ekirumiddwa kibeere ku buwanvu bw'omutima, ggyamu empeta n'ebintu ebinyweza, era omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu.

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

Wa mu nsi?

Afirika Asiya Bulaaya Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

kiwanvu nga ndiizi 4 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 110 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Eastern massasauga kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

Enfuddu nga 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Eastern massasauga nga 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

It is a pit viper, a family that includes all rattlesnakes, and it is the only venomous snake in Ontario.1

Mothers and newborns stay together for a few days, until the young shed their skin for the first time.1

Females often do not breed every year, usually having a two-year breeding cycle.1

Its populations have declined so much that it has disappeared from many of its former areas, and now survives mainly in small, isolated groups.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Sistrurus catenatus
Ekibinja: Rattlesnake
Amaka: Viperidae2
Ensengeka: Squamata
Ssemazinga: Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Abaana abawere: It gives birth to live young (it is ovoviviparous), usually in August or September. Litters of 5 to 14 have been reported in Illinois and 6 to 19 in Wisconsin, and the newborns are 18.8 to 24.4 cm long from snout to vent.1
Kiri kitya mu nsiko: Threatened in Canada under federal and Ontario law; listed as endangered in several US states; IUCN Red List: least concern (2007, with a note that the assessment needs updating)1
Akabi eri abantu: 3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

Eastern massasauga (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Sistrurus catenatus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
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