Arizona black rattlesnake
The Arizona black rattlesnake is a venomous pit viper, a type of snake that senses heat with pits between its eyes and nostrils. It lives in the southwestern United States, mostly in the mountains of Arizona. It is special because scientists have observed it showing complex social behaviour, and its mothers care for their babies.1

Ho e tseba jwang
- Ground colour is dark grey, brownish black, reddish brown or blackish.1
- Dark blotches run along the back, becoming crossbands just before the tail.1
- Some individuals are a uniform dark colour with no clear pattern.1
- Some have dark blotches bordered with white, cream or yellow, or a pale body with a lot of yellow.1
- A stripe runs from the eye, clearer in lighter-coloured specimens. Adults are less patterned than juveniles.1
Hangata e ferekanngwa le: It is often incorrectly called a timber rattlesnake.1
Matla a chefo
Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.
E kotsi hakae ho batho?
Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.
Haeba e loma
- Boloka motho a sa sisinyehe ebile a kgutsitse, boloka setho se lomilweng se lekana le bophahamo ba pelo, tlosa mesale le dintho tse tiileng, mme o mo ise sepetlele kapele.
Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele
Dula o bolokehile
- O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
- E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
- Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.
Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile
Hokae lefatsheng?
E kgolo hakae?
E telele hakae?
e telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 2,5 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatleng
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 7 tse latellanang
e ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 100 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)Arizona black rattlesnake e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E potlaka hakae?
Dintlha
The Arizona black rattlesnake is the first snake species observed to show complex social behaviour.1
Adults can change colour quickly, a trick it shares with chameleons and some other lizards.1
Mothers sometimes show cooperative parenting behaviour while they stay with their young.1
Its quick colour change is likely caused by melanin moving inside skin cells, as in the closely related prairie rattlesnake.1
Like all temperate pit vipers, it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
Ho senya ditshomo
Tshomo: It is a timber rattlesnake.
Nnete: This is a common mistake. It is a separate species, Crotalus cerberus, found in the southwestern United States.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Crotalus cerberus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Crotalus cerberus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
- Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
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Ho loma

