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Pygmy rattlesnake

Sistrurus miliarius

Kuhusu jina: The specific name miliarius comes from Latin and means millet or millet-like, probably describing the blotched patterns on its body.1

Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.

Nyoka njuga

KuumwaHula: Nyama

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The pygmy rattlesnake is a small, venomous snake that lives in the southeastern United States. It is the smallest rattlesnake found on the North American continent. Its venom is strongly tissue-damaging, but the snake makes so little that a bite is unlikely to be fatal to an adult.1

Anaishi

Southeastern United States, from southern and eastern North Carolina south through peninsular Florida and west to East Texas and Oklahoma1

Amerika Kaskazini

Nyumbani

It lives in flatwoods, sandhills, longleaf pine savannahs, mixed scrub oak forests and floodplains, and is also found near lakes and marshes. It does not dig its own burrows. It uses holes dug by small rodents or gopher tortoises, and it prefers densely vegetated areas for cover.1

Urefu

40 cm hadi 79 cm (1.3 ft hadi 2.6 ft)1

Kasi ya juu

takriban km 3.3 kwa saa (maili 2.1 kwa saa)

Nchi kavu, makadirio

Hula nini?

It eats small mammals, birds, lizards, insects, frogs and other snakes, and also giant desert centipedes. Young snakes lure skinks by waving the tail, while adults wait motionless in a coil for days at a time.1

Picha ya Pygmy rattlesnake — Pygmy rattlesnake. Picha: unknown. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

Small but bulky in width, usually 40 to 60 cm long including the tail1
Dorsal pattern of oval or roughly circular spots with somewhat regular edges1
Flank spots are mostly round and not much taller than they are wide1
Usually 23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody1
Young snakes may be paler or more vividly marked, and have a yellow tail tip. The rattle is tiny and gives only a faint buzz that is heard from a few feet away1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Its venom is cytotoxic, which means it damages cells, and it is strongly haemorrhagic, which means it causes bleeding. The venom is tissue-toxic but contains no neurotoxins, which attack the nerves. The snake produces only a small amount of venom and contains substantial amounts of serotonin and related compounds.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The snake produces too little venom to be likely to deliver a fatal bite to a human adult.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

Some individuals are very aggressive and strike furiously, while others are lethargic and do not rattle at all, and many are reluctant to bite.1

Akiuma

Mweke mtu bila kutikisika na mtulivu, weka kiungo kilichoumwa usawa wa moyo, ondoa pete na vitu vinavyobana, na umpeleke hospitali haraka.

Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza

Kaa salama

Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
Akikuuma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.

Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama

Wapi duniani?

Afrika Asia Ulaya Amerika Kaskazini Amerika Kusini Australia na Oceania

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

urefu sawa na ndizi 4 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 110 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Pygmy rattlesnake ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

Kobe takriban km 0.3 kwa saa (0.19 mph)

Pygmy rattlesnake takriban km 3.3 kwa saa (2.1 mph)

Mtu anayetembea takriban km 5 kwa saa (3.1 mph)

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

Its venom was the basis for the drug eptifibatide, which is used to prevent clotting during a heart attack.1

It is the smallest rattlesnake found on the North American continent.1

Its rattle is unusually small, which may show the early stages of how rattles evolved.1

Snake fungal disease has risen sharply in pygmy rattlesnakes over the past decade and is a major cause of death, though some snakes have recovered in the field.1

Females may give birth to live young even while infected with snake fungal disease.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: Its bite is deadly to people.

Ukweli: The snake makes so little venom that a bite is unlikely to be fatal to an adult human.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi: Sistrurus miliarius
Kundi: Nyoka njuga
Familia: Viperidae2
Mpangilio: Squamata
Mabara: Amerika Kaskazini
Watoto: It gives birth to live young, usually 3 to 13 per litter, between July and September.1
Hali yake porini: Least concern (IUCN Red List)1
Hatari kwa watu: 2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

Sistrurus miliarius (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Sistrurus miliarius (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
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