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Western massasauga

Sistrurus tergeminus
Esengeli mongangaEbomaka mbala moke, kasi soki esui yo, kende epai ya monganga.
Banyoka ya sonnette KosuaElyaka: Mosuni
Likama mpo na bato: Ya makasiSoki esui yo, kende epai ya monganga. Kokufa ezalaka mpenza mbala moke.

The western massasauga is a small, venomous rattlesnake. It lives on the grassy plains and deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its rattle is higher pitched than those of bigger rattlesnakes, so it can be easy to miss as a warning.1

Ezalaka na
Southwestern plains of the United States and northern Mexico1
Amerika ya Nord
Ebandeli
It is mostly found in grassland, on the edge of open woodland and on rocky hillsides. It often uses the burrows of other animals for shelter. It is most often found near water or straight after rain, and prefers dry or heavily covered ground.1
Molai
35 cm kino 91 cm (1,1 ft kino 3 ft)1
Mbangu ya likolo
pene na 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
Na mabele, kokanisa ya pene
Elyaka nini?
It mainly eats rodents. It may also eat lizards and frogs.1
Solo solo!Foto ya Western massasauga
Western massasauga. Foto: LA Dawson. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Ndenge ya koyeba yango

  • Dark brown blotches stand out strongly against a tan-grey or light grey background.1
  • The belly is light, with a few dark markings.1
  • Adults range from 35 to 91 cm in total length, tail included.1
  • It has a rattle, but it is higher pitched than the rattles of larger rattlesnakes.1

Bakosanaka yango mbala mingi na: Its colour pattern is similar to that of the eastern massasauga, but paler. The dark brown blotches contrast more strongly with its light ground colour.1

Makasi ya venin

Kosua

Venin ebimaka na nzela ya mino na yango ntango esui.

Venin na yango esalaka nini?

Its venom is a powerful hemotoxin, which damages blood and tissue. It can cause swelling, necrosis (death of body tissue) and severe pain. Its yield is low, so each bite delivers less venom than a larger rattlesnake's bite would.1

Likama na yango mpo na bato ezali boni?

Likama mpo na bato: Ya makasiSoki esui yo, kende epai ya monganga. Kokufa ezalaka mpenza mbala moke.

Its bite is less severe than that of larger rattlesnakes because it delivers less venom. Even so, the bite can be fatal if it is not treated.1

Nsango malamu: ba monganga bazali na nkisi (antivenin) to bosalisi mpo na yango.1

Esalaka nini ntango ebangi?

Its rattle is not a reliable warning, because its high pitch is easy to miss.1

Soki esui

  • Treatment should be sought immediately for any venomous snake bite. The antivenin CroFab is not specific to this snake, but it can be used to treat severe envenomation from massasaugas.1
  • Tika moto aningana te mpe azala kimia, tika lokolo to loboko oyo esui na niveau ya motema, longola ba bague mpe biloko oyo ekangi makasi, mpe kende na lopitalo noki.

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

Wapi na mokili?

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Monene na yango boni?

Molai na yango boni?

Western massasauga molai pene na 91 cm (3 ft)Pusu ya ndako pene na 50 cm (1,6 ft)Mbwa pene na 1 m (3,3 ft)
molai lokola ba pusu ya ndako 2, zolo kino mokilamolai lokola bitabe 5 oyo etiami moko na sima ya mosusuekoki kopota metre 100 na sekonde 110 (moto ya mbangu koleka asengaka 9,6)

Western massasauga 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?

malamu koyeba

Makambo ya solo

1

Its venom is as potent as that of larger rattlesnakes, but its low yield greatly reduces the harm it can do.1

2

It is nicknamed the buzztail because of its high-pitched rattle.1

3

It is mainly active at night and is considered mild-mannered and sluggish, especially in summer, when it is sometimes found basking.1

4

It was once considered a subspecies of the eastern massasauga.1

Solo to lokuta?

Lokuta: A rattle always gives a clear warning before a rattlesnake bites.

Solo: The western massasauga's rattle is higher pitched than those of larger rattlesnakes, so it should not be relied on as a warning.1

Mpo na ba expert ya venin

Kombo ya siansi
Sistrurus tergeminus
Ebota
Banyoka ya sonnette
Libota
Viperidae2
Molongo
Squamata
Bakontina
Amerika ya Nord
Ndenge ezali kobika na zamba
Vulnerable (the desert massasauga subspecies, according to NatureServe)1
Likama mpo na bato
3 / 5: Ya makasi3

Esika makambo euti

  1. Sistrurus tergeminus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Sistrurus tergeminus (iNaturalist): bankombo mpe classification.
  3. Venom Wiki: niveau ya likama, monene ya momesano mpe kokanisa ya mbangu ezali ya biso moko. Tala ndenge tolukaka yango: Ndenge tomekaka likama.

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