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Sonoran lyre snake

Trimorphodon lambda
Ku linnya: Its species name, lambda, refers to the chevron-shaped mark on its head, which looks like the Greek capital letter lambda (Λ).1
Tekirina kabiTekirina kabi eri abantu. Tewali kya kweraliikirira.
Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

The Sonoran lyre snake is a slender, medium to large snake with a distinctive V-shaped mark on top of its head. It lives among rocks in the American Southwest and northwestern Mexico. It is a rear-fanged snake, so its fangs sit at the back of its mouth.1

Kibeera mu
Arizona, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, southern New Mexico, extreme southeastern California, Sonora and northwestern Chihuahua in Mexico1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Awaka
It is strongly linked to rocky places, such as rocky canyons, hillsides and dry stream beds called arroyos, up to about 2,250 m. It is highly secretive and usually shelters deep in rock crevices or under large boulders. It can also climb steep rock faces and sometimes trees or shrubs.1
Obuwanvu
23 cm okutuuka ku 88 cm (9,1 in okutuuka ku 2,9 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It mainly eats lizards, which it hunts actively among rocks and crevices. It also eats small mammals such as mice and bats, nestling birds and occasionally other small snakes. It is mostly active at night.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Sonoran lyre snake
Sonoran lyre snake. Ekifaananyi: clurarit. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • A V-shaped or lyre-like mark on the top of the head, which gives it its name1
  • Pale grey, tan or light brown ground colour1
  • 18 to 31 dark brown saddles or blotches along the back, with pale edges1
  • A dark bar across the snout between the eyes1
  • A broad, flat head that is clearly wider than its slim neck, with large eyes that have vertical pupils1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

It is a rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous) snake, meaning its fangs are at the back of the mouth. Its venom is relatively mild and is adapted to subdue small, fast lizards and mammals. Because the fangs are at the back, it usually has to chew on its target to inject enough venom.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

The venom is generally considered harmless to people. A bite may cause mild pain and swelling around the bite, but it is not medically significant.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?

Sonoran lyre snake kiwanvu nga 88 cm (2,9 ft)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 2 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 5 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 71 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

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Ebituufu

1

Its front teeth are long and curved, its middle teeth are shorter, and its rear fangs are long and grooved.1

2

Its genus name, Trimorphodon, means 'three-shaped teeth', because it has three kinds of teeth in its upper jaw.1

3

Although it is mostly a rock dweller, it can climb steep cliffs and sometimes trees or shrubs.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Trimorphodon lambda
Ekibinja
Emisota egirina amannyo ag'obusagwa emabega
Amaka
Colubridae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Abaana abawere
It lays eggs. A female lays a clutch of 7 to 20 eggs in summer, and the young hatch in late summer to early fall.1
Kiri kitya mu nsiko
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)1
Akabi eri abantu
1 / 5: Kitono3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Trimorphodon lambda (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Trimorphodon lambda (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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