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Santa Catalina rattlesnake

Crotalus catalinensis
Davart il num: The name comes from Isla Santa Catalina, the only island where it lives.1
Dovra in mediDarar mortal, ma ina morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi.
Serps a sunaglia MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The Santa Catalina rattlesnake is a small, slender pit viper with a very unusual feature: it has no rattle. It lives only on Isla Santa Catalina, a small island in the Gulf of California off the coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. It is critically endangered.1

Viva en
Isla Santa Catalina in the Gulf of California, off Baja California Sur, Mexico1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
It lives in Gulf Coast desert plants, mostly on the western side of the island, in dry washes called arroyos, plains, ravine bottoms, stream riverbeds and rocky hilltops. It shelters in rock crevices and dense vegetation.1
Lunghezza
73 cm (2,4 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
Its diet is mostly mammals, especially the Santa Catalina deer mouse, with some lizards. It holds its prey in its jaws until the venom takes effect, rather than biting and releasing it.1
Propi!Foto da Santa Catalina rattlesnake
Santa Catalina rattlesnake. Foto: Yinan Chen. Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • It has no rattle. The tail tip falls off with each shed instead of forming new segments.1
  • It is relatively slender and small, growing to a maximum of 73.1 cm.1
  • The most common colour form has a light cream base with reddish-brown blotches down the back and black and white banding around the tail.1
  • The other colour form is ash grey with darker grey blotches, and it still has tail banding.1
  • It is mostly active at night and is often seen out in the open rather than hiding.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

It is venomous, like all pit vipers. It holds its prey in its jaws until the venom takes effect, so the prey cannot escape before it succumbs.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

Unlike most rattlesnakes, it does not tend to hide, and because it has no rattle it gives no audible warning.1

Sch'el morda

  • Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta, tegna il member mors a l'autezza dal cor, prenda giu anels e chaussas strenschidas e va spert en in ospital.

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?

Santa Catalina rattlesnake circa 73 cm lung (2,4 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 100 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Santa Catalina rattlesnake cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It is one of the few rattlesnakes that has lost its rattle. The tail tip falls off with each shed instead of forming a new segment.1

2

Although it is a rattlesnake, it is a swift and skilful climber, and individuals were most often found in low bush branches during the hottest month, July.1

3

Its main prey, the Santa Catalina deer mouse, lives only on this island, so the snake's food supply is also very limited.1

4

It does not hibernate, and the evidence suggests it is nocturnal even in winter.1

5

Its closest relative on the mainland is the red diamond rattlesnake, which eats a much wider range of prey, including frogs, birds and other snakes.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Crotalus catalinensis
Gruppa
Serps a sunaglia
Famiglia
Viperidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
America dal Nord
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira
Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List)1
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Crotalus catalinensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Crotalus catalinensis (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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