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Texas lyre snake

Trimorphodon vilkinsonii
Davart il num: The species name honours Edward Wilkinson, an amateur American naturalist who collected the first specimen near the city of Chihuahua.1
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 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

Viva en
South-western United States (Big Bend region of Texas, southern New Mexico) and north-eastern Chihuahua, Mexico1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
It prefers desert and rocky areas, where it hides in rock crevices. Most of its habitat is on protected or private land.1
Lunghezza
1 m (3,3 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
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
Propi!Foto da Texas lyre snake
Texas lyre snake. Foto: Logan Ediger. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • 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

Savens confundì cun: 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

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

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

Nua sin il mund?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Texas lyre snake circa 1 m lung (3,3 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)In creschì circa 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 2 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 6 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 71 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Texas lyre snake cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

Destructur da mits

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

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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Trimorphodon vilkinsonii
Gruppa
Serps cun dents davos
Famiglia
Colubridae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
America dal Nord
Poppins
It lays eggs (it is oviparous), with about a dozen eggs per clutch.1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira
Removed from the Threatened list in Texas in 20201
Privel per umans
1 / 5: Lev3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

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