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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Middle American rattlesnake
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Middle American rattlesnake

Crotalus simus
Ka lebitso: The scientific name 'simus' is Latin for 'flat-nosed', probably because its head is blunt compared with lanceheads (Bothrops).1
E ka bolayaE ka o bolaya ntle le kalafo. Ha e ka o loma, fumana thuso kapele.
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

The Middle American rattlesnake is a venomous pit viper that lives in Mexico and Central America. It is one of the largest rattlesnakes in its range, and its bites can cause severe damage to the skin and muscle around the wound.1

E phela
Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and west-central Costa Rica. Absent from Panama.1
Amerika Leboya
Lapeng
It lives in semiarid places, including dry or very dry tropical forests, thorn woodland and arid scrub forest. It also occurs in moist forests that have relatively dry, open areas.1
Bolelele
1,3 m ho isa ho 1,8 m (4,3 ft ho isa ho 5,9 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 4,1 km/h (2,5 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
Ka nnete!Foto ya Middle American rattlesnake
Middle American rattlesnake. Foto: Ltshears. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Adults commonly exceed 130 cm in length, and males grow larger than females.1
  • The body looks rough because the scales have raised keels, most noticeable on the rows along the sides.1
  • The head is blunt, which is one reason for its scientific name.1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

Its bites are similar to rattlesnake bites in the United States. Local effects can be severe, with pain, massive swelling, blistering and necrosis (death of tissue), which may need surgery to relieve pressure (fasciotomies) and in some cases amputation. Whole-body effects are rare, including bleeding problems, kidney failure and nerve damage (neurotoxicity). Only the venom of young snakes (neonates) contains crotoxin, a toxin that causes nerve symptoms.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

Local tissue damage from a bite can be severe, and in some cases it has led to amputation. Whole-body effects such as kidney failure and nerve damage are rare.1

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

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Middle American rattlesnake bolelele ba e ka bang 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Baesekele ya motho e moholo e ka bang 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Koloi e ka bang 4,5 m (15 ft)
e telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 4 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 10 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 88 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Middle American 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?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

Shamans dry and roast rattlesnakes, then grind them into a powder used as medicine.1

2

To the Mayans, the Yucatan form (C. tzabcan) was greatly revered, and 'tzabcan' is the Mayan word for rattlesnake.1

3

Many temples in Maya art show carved rattlesnake shapes, but what the rattlesnake symbolised is unknown.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Crotalus simus
Sehlopha
Di-rattlesnake
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Crotalus simus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Crotalus simus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. 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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