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Night snake

Hypsiglena torquata
NunprivlusNunprivlus per umans. Nagut da far quitads.
Serps cun dents davos MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

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

Viva en
Western Mexico; rare sightings in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
Night snakes are often seen at night crossing roads. During the day they hide under rocks, boards, dead branches and other surface litter.1
Lunghezza
30 cm fin 66 cm (1 ft fin 2,2 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 4,5 km/h (2,8 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
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
Propi!Foto da Night snake
Night snake. Foto: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • 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

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

If threatened, it coils up and thrusts its coils at the threat while flattening its head into a triangular defensive shape.1

Sch'el morda

  • Lava la morsa, tegna la persuna quieta e tschertga agid medicinal. Tschertas spezias (sco il boomslang) pon esser mortalas pir uras pli tard.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Night snake circa 66 cm lung (2,2 ft)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)
uschè lung sco 4 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 80 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Night snake cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Hypsiglena torquata
Gruppa
Serps cun dents davos
Famiglia
Colubridae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
America dal Nord
Poppins
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
Privel per umans
1 / 5: Lev3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Hypsiglena torquata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hypsiglena torquata (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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