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Night snake

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

The night snake is a small snake that is most active at dusk and at night. It lives in western Mexico, and it is rarely seen in the Okanagan Valley of Canada. It has rear fangs and mild venom, but it is not dangerous to people.1

Kibeera mu
Western Mexico; rare sightings in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Awaka
Night snakes are often seen at night crossing roads. During the day they hide under rocks, boards, dead branches and other surface litter.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?
Its main prey is lizards, especially side-blotched lizards and their eggs. It also eats juvenile rattlesnakes, blind snakes, salamanders, frogs and large insects.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Night snake
Night snake. Ekifaananyi: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Pale grey, light brown or beige, with dark grey or brown blotches on the back and sides1
  • A pair of dark brown blotches on the neck1
  • A black or dark brown bar behind each eye1
  • Vertical pupils and a flat, triangular head1
  • A white or yellowish belly1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The night snake is slightly venomous. It uses its venom to subdue its prey, not to harm people.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

The night snake poses no threat to humans and is not dangerous to people.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

If threatened, it coils up and thrusts its coils at the threat while flattening its head into a triangular defensive shape.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?

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)

Night snake kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

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Ebituufu

1

In British Columbia, only about 20 sightings have been recorded since 1980, so it is very rare there.1

2

Night snakes hibernate during winter and can aestivate during some summer periods.1

3

They are both crepuscular, meaning most active at dawn and dusk, and nocturnal.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Hypsiglena torquata
Ekibinja
Emisota egirina amannyo ag'obusagwa emabega
Amaka
Colubridae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Abaana abawere
Females lay a clutch of 2 to 9 eggs between April and August. The eggs hatch in 7 to 8 weeks, usually in late summer.1
Akabi eri abantu
1 / 5: Kitono3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Hypsiglena torquata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hypsiglena torquata (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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