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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Twin-spotted rattlesnake
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Twin-spotted rattlesnake

Crotalus pricei
Ka lebitso: Its scientific name, pricei, honours William Wightman "Billy" Price, a field biologist who collected the first specimens.1
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Di-rattlesnake Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

The twin-spotted rattlesnake is a small venomous snake that lives among rocky mountains in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is a pit viper, a group of snakes that use heat-sensing pits to find their prey. No bites to people from this snake have been recorded.1

E phela
Southwestern United States (south-eastern Arizona) and northern Mexico, including Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango and parts of Coahuila and Nuevo León1
Amerika Leboya
Lapeng
It lives amid mountain rocks, where nights are often cold. Its range covers the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental mountain ranges.1
Bolelele
66 cm (2,2 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It hunts small rodents and lizards.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Twin-spotted rattlesnake
Twin-spotted rattlesnake. Foto: Juan Cruzado Cortés. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Ground colour is grey, bluish-grey, brownish-grey, or medium to reddish-brown, usually with fine brown speckling1
  • A series of dark blotches runs along the back, often split down the middle to form 39 to 64 pairs1
  • It is a small rattlesnake, usually 50 to 60 cm long including the tail1
  • It has a rattle at the tail end1

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 venom is not well studied. Some have suggested it may be highly potent, but little is known about its effects on the body.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

No bites to humans from this snake have been recorded.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

It may rattle furiously at people passing by, although the sound can be hard to hear among the rocks. Its colour pattern helps it blend with the light and shadow of the mountains.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?

Twin-spotted rattlesnake bolelele ba e ka bang 66 cm (2,2 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 4 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 110 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Twin-spotted 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

Its blotchy pattern looks bizarre to us, but it helps the snake blend into the mountain rocks.1

2

Its rattle can be sounded furiously, yet it can be hard to hear in its rocky home.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: Its venom is known to be very potent and dangerous to people.

Nnete: High potency has only been suggested. Little is known about its venom, and no bites to humans have been recorded.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Crotalus pricei
Sehlopha
Di-rattlesnake
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya
Boemo ba yona naheng
Least Concern1
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Crotalus pricei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Crotalus pricei (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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