Western hognose snake
The western hognose snake is a small, stout-bodied snake with an upturned nose that looks a bit like a pig's snout. It lives across much of North America, from southern Canada to northern Mexico, in sandy and gravelly places such as prairies and grasslands. It is often mistaken for a rattlesnake, but its bite is not regarded as dangerous to people.1

Ndenge ya koyeba yango
- Relatively small and stout-bodied, with adults rarely exceeding 40–50 cm in total length, tail included.1
- A modified, upturned nose scale gives it a distinctive hog-like snout.1
- Colour and pattern vary a great deal between subspecies and individuals.1
- When threatened, it flattens its neck, hisses and may puff up its throat with air.1
Bakosanaka yango mbala mingi na: To an untrained eye, most individuals look much like rattlesnakes, which is thought to be a form of mimicry that makes predators wary. Its upturned snout and small, stout body are features to note.1
Makasi ya venin
Venin ebimaka na nzela ya mino na yango ntango esui.
Venin na yango esalaka nini?
The snake releases modified saliva from its Duvernoy's glands, which runs down a groove in its rear fang and helps break down the toxins of toads it eats. No deaths or whole-body (systemic) effects in people have been recorded from its bite. Bites may occasionally be medically significant.1
Likama na yango mpo na bato ezali boni?
Likama mpo na bato: Ya mokeLokola kotuba ya nzoi to moke koleka. Pene na likama te mpo na bato.The species is not dangerous to people and is not regarded as venomous. Its bites are extremely rare, and no deaths or systemic effects have been recorded. Bites may uncommonly be medically significant.1
Esalaka nini ntango ebangi?
It flattens its neck, hisses and may make mock strikes with its mouth closed. If harassed further, it usually plays dead rather than biting.1
Soki esui
- Sukola esika esui, tika moto azala kimia mpe luka lisalisi ya monganga. Mitindo mosusu (lokola boomslang) ekoki koboma sima ya ngonga ebele.
Benga ntango nyonso nimero ya urgence liboso (112, 000, 911). Oyo ezali toli ya lisalisi ya liboso, ezali toli ya monganga te. Makambo ya moboko ya lisalisi ya liboso
Zala na libateli
- Ata mokolo moko te, simba, kanga to silikisa nyama ya zamba te, ata ya moke, mpe ata soki emonani lokola elali to ekufi.
- Tika yango esika. Soki okutani na moko, zala kimia, zonga sima malembe mpe tika ekende nzela na yango.
- Soki moko esui yo: zala kimia, ningana te, benga nimero ya urgence na yo (112, 000, 911) to kende na lopitalo noki. Kanisa ndenge ezalaki, foto esalisaka.
Ezali koluka yo te. Esalelaka venin na yango mpo na kokanga bilei to komibatela, mpe elingaka mingi kobombama. Makambo mosusu mpo na komibatela
Monene na yango boni?
Molai na yango boni?
molai lokola bitabe 3 oyo etiami moko na sima ya mosusu
molai lokola ba brique ya masano 16 na molongo
ekoki kopota metre 100 na sekonde 77 (moto ya mbangu koleka asengaka 9,6)Western hognose snake azali monene boni soki tokokanisi na YO?
Kaka ba calcul na navigateur na yo. Eloko moko te ebombamaka to etindamaka esika moko.
Mbangu na yango boni?
Makambo ya solo
Captive breeders have produced more than 50 'designer' colour morphs of this snake.1
In captivity, many hognose snakes refuse food for about two to three and a half months, from January to mid March, because they instinctively brumate, or sleep, underground in winter.1
Males are considerably smaller than females.1
Hatchlings reach sexual maturity after about two years, based mostly on size rather than age.1
Solo to lokuta?
Lokuta: Because it looks like a rattlesnake, it must be dangerous or deadly.
Solo: The western hognose snake is not dangerous to people. Its rare bites have not caused recorded deaths or whole-body effects, and it usually plays dead instead of biting.1
Mpo na ba expert ya venin
- Kombo ya siansi
- Heterodon nasicus
- Ebota
- Banyoka ya mino ya venin na sima
- Libota
- Colubridae2
- Molongo
- Squamata
- Bakontina
- Amerika ya Nord
- Bana
- It lays eggs. Females lay 4–23 elongate, thin-shelled eggs between June and August, which hatch after about 60 days.1
- Ndenge ezali kobika na zamba
- Least Concern (IUCN)1
- Likama mpo na bato
- 1 / 5: Ya moke3
Esika makambo euti
- Western hognose snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Heterodon nasicus (iNaturalist): bankombo mpe classification.
- Venom Wiki: niveau ya likama, monene ya momesano mpe kokanisa ya mbangu ezali ya biso moko. Tala ndenge tolukaka yango: Ndenge tomekaka likama.
Likambo nyonso na lokasa oyo ezali na nimero oyo elakisi source na yango. Soki tosali libunga, limbisa biso, tozali bato oyo balingaka banyama, zulunale ya siansi te. Yebisa biso na [email protected] mpe tokobongisa yango.
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