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Ekifaananyi ekikubiddwa ekya Texas lyre snake
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Texas lyre snake

Trimorphodon vilkinsonii
Ku linnya: The species name honours Edward Wilkinson, an amateur American naturalist who collected the first specimen near the city of Chihuahua.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 Texas lyre snake is a medium-sized, mildly venomous snake that lives in deserts and rocky land in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is secretive and hides in rock crevices during the day, so it is often hard to spot.1

Kibeera mu
South-western United States (Big Bend region of Texas, southern New Mexico) and north-eastern Chihuahua, Mexico1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Awaka
It prefers desert and rocky areas, where it hides in rock crevices. Most of its habitat is on protected or private land.1
Obuwanvu
1 m (3,3 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It is nocturnal and feeds mainly on lizards, and also eats small rodents, frogs, bats and birds. If its venom does not kill the prey, it may kill by constriction.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Texas lyre snake
Texas lyre snake. Ekifaananyi: Logan Ediger. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Brown, tan or grey, with 17 to 24 dark brown blotches down the back1
  • Large eyes with vertical pupils1
  • Medium-sized, reaching about 1 metre in total length, including the tail1
  • No V-shaped mark on the head, unlike other lyre snakes1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: Other lyre snakes in the genus Trimorphodon have a V-shaped pattern on the head that looks like a lyre. This subspecies does not have that mark.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

This snake is mildly venomous and is rear-fanged, meaning its fangs are at the back of the mouth. Its venom is not considered harmful to humans.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

Its venom is not considered harmful to people. The snake is secretive and often difficult to find.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?

Texas lyre snake kiwanvu nga 1 m (3,3 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)Omuntu omukulu nga 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 2 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 6 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 71 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

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Ebituufu

1

Despite its name, this subspecies has no V-shaped mark on its head, which is the pattern that gives lyre snakes their name.1

2

It is nocturnal, spending the day hidden in rock crevices and coming out to feed at night.1

3

It is seemingly common throughout its habitat, even though it is hard to find.1

4

It was once listed as Threatened in Texas, but it was removed from that list in 2020.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: The name 'lyre snake' means every lyre snake has a lyre-shaped V mark on its head.

Amazima: This subspecies has no V mark on the head, even though the name refers to that pattern in other lyre snakes.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Trimorphodon vilkinsonii
Ekibinja
Emisota egirina amannyo ag'obusagwa emabega
Amaka
Colubridae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Abaana abawere
It lays eggs (it is oviparous), with about a dozen eggs per clutch.1
Kiri kitya mu nsiko
Removed from the Threatened list in Texas in 20201
Akabi eri abantu
1 / 5: Kitono3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Texas lyre snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Trimorphodon vilkinsonii (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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