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Desert night snake

Hypsiglena chlorophaea
Ntacyo itwayeNtacyo itwaye abantu. Nta mpamvu yo guhangayika.
Akaga ku bantu: YorohejeNko guterwa urubori n'uruyuki cyangwa munsi yaho. Mu by'ukuri ntacyo itwaye abantu.

The desert nightsnake is a small, slender snake that hunts at night and spends the day hidden. It lives in dry parts of western North America, from the southwestern United States into northwestern Mexico. It is mildly venomous, but it poses no danger to people.1

Iba muri
Western and southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico, and a small area of southern British Columbia, Canada1
Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Ahabanza
It lives in dry places such as desert scrub, chaparral, grasslands, oak woodlands and rocky canyons. It spends daylight hours hiding in rock crevices, on talus slopes, under surface debris or in abandoned mammal burrows.1
Uburebure
30 cm kugeza kuri 66 cm (1 ft kugeza kuri 2,2 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 4,5 km/h (2,8 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It is an ambush predator that waits for prey and uses its mild venom to subdue it. It mainly eats small lizards such as skinks and lizard eggs, and will also take small snakes, frogs, salamanders and insects.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Desert night snake
Desert night snake. Ifoto: iNaturalist user: nmoorhatch. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • Small and slender, usually 30 to 66 cm long in total.1
  • Base colour is beige, yellowish or grey, with dark grey-brown blotches that usually form offset pairs down the back.1
  • Three long dark blotches on the neck and one behind each eye.1
  • Triangular head with vertical pupils.1
  • Smooth scales on the back and no rattle at the tail.1

Ikunze kwitiranywa na: It is often mistaken for a juvenile rattlesnake because of its triangular head, vertical pupils and blotched pattern. Unlike a rattlesnake, it has no rattle and its back scales are smooth.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

It is mildly venomous and uses its venom to subdue prey. It has rear fangs, which are grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: YorohejeNko guterwa urubori n'uruyuki cyangwa munsi yaho. Mu by'ukuri ntacyo itwaye abantu.

It is mildly venomous and poses no danger to humans.1

Niba iruma

  • Oza aho yarumye, umuntu agume atuje kandi ushake ubufasha bwa muganga. Amoko amwe (nka boomslang) ashobora kwica nyuma y'amasaha.

Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze

Irinde akaga

  • Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
  • Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
  • Niba imwe ikurumye: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.

Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

Desert night snake ireshya hafi 66 cm (2,2 ft)Injangwe yo mu rugo hafi 50 cm (1,6 ft)Imbwa hafi 1 m (3,3 ft)
ireshya n'imineke 4 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 80 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Desert night snake ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

1

It is a rear-fanged snake, with enlarged grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw that help it subdue prey.1

2

In Canada, it is federally listed as Endangered, because its small population is threatened by habitat loss.1

3

Females are generally longer and heavier than males.1

4

It is mainly active at night and at dusk, which is why it has the name nightsnake.1

Usenya ibinyoma

Ikinyoma: It is a juvenile rattlesnake.

Ukuri: It is a separate species. It has no rattle and its back scales are smooth.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Hypsiglena chlorophaea
Itsinda
Inzoka zifite amenyo y'ubumara inyuma
Umuryango
Colubridae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Abana bato
It lays eggs. Females lay a single clutch of 2 to 9 eggs, usually around 4, between April and July, hidden in rock crevices or abandoned burrows. The eggs hatch in late summer, and the hatchlings are about 17 cm long.1
Uko imeze mu gasozi
Least Concern globally (IUCN); Endangered in Canada (COSEWIC)1
Akaga ku bantu
1 / 5: Yoroheje3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Hypsiglena chlorophaea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hypsiglena chlorophaea (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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