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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Texas lyre snake
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Texas lyre snake

Trimorphodon vilkinsonii
Ka lebitso: The species name honours Edward Wilkinson, an amateur American naturalist who collected the first specimen near the city of Chihuahua.1
Ha e na kotsiHa e na kotsi ho batho. Ha ho letho la ho tshwenyeha.
Dinoha tse meno a ka morao Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

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

E phela
South-western United States (Big Bend region of Texas, southern New Mexico) and north-eastern Chihuahua, Mexico1
Amerika Leboya
Lapeng
It prefers desert and rocky areas, where it hides in rock crevices. Most of its habitat is on protected or private land.1
Bolelele
1 m (3,3 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
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
Ka nnete!Foto ya Texas lyre snake
Texas lyre snake. Foto: Logan Ediger. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: 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

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?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

Its venom is not considered harmful to people. The snake is secretive and often difficult to find.1

Haeba e loma

  • Hlatswa moo e lomileng teng, boloka motho a kgutsitse mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka. Mefuta e meng (jwaloka boomslang) e ka bolaya dihora hamorao.

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?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Texas lyre snake bolelele ba e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)Motho e moholo e ka bang 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
e telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 2 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 6 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 71 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Texas lyre snake 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

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

Ho senya ditshomo

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

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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Trimorphodon vilkinsonii
Sehlopha
Dinoha tse meno a ka morao
Lelapa
Colubridae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya
Masea
It lays eggs (it is oviparous), with about a dozen eggs per clutch.1
Boemo ba yona naheng
Removed from the Threatened list in Texas in 20201
Kotsi ho batho
1 / 5: E bobebe3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

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