Sonoran lyre snake
The Sonoran lyre snake is a slender, medium to large snake with a distinctive V-shaped mark on top of its head. It lives among rocks in the American Southwest and northwestern Mexico. It is a rear-fanged snake, so its fangs sit at the back of its mouth.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- A V-shaped or lyre-like mark on the top of the head, which gives it its name1
- Pale grey, tan or light brown ground colour1
- 18 to 31 dark brown saddles or blotches along the back, with pale edges1
- A dark bar across the snout between the eyes1
- A broad, flat head that is clearly wider than its slim neck, with large eyes that have vertical pupils1
Nguvu ya sumu
Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
It is a rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous) snake, meaning its fangs are at the back of the mouth. Its venom is relatively mild and is adapted to subdue small, fast lizards and mammals. Because the fangs are at the back, it usually has to chew on its target to inject enough venom.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.The venom is generally considered harmless to people. A bite may cause mild pain and swelling around the bite, but it is not medically significant.1
Akiuma
- Osha jeraha, mweke mtu mtulivu na utafute msaada wa kitabibu. Baadhi ya spishi (kama boomslang) zinaweza kuua saa kadhaa baadaye.
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
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 2 kutoka pua hadi mkia
urefu sawa na ndizi 5 zilizopangwa mstari
angeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 71 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)Sonoran lyre snake ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
Its front teeth are long and curved, its middle teeth are shorter, and its rear fangs are long and grooved.1
Its genus name, Trimorphodon, means 'three-shaped teeth', because it has three kinds of teeth in its upper jaw.1
Although it is mostly a rock dweller, it can climb steep cliffs and sometimes trees or shrubs.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Trimorphodon lambda
- Kundi
- Nyoka wenye meno ya sumu nyuma
- Familia
- Colubridae2
- Mpangilio
- Squamata
- Mabara
- Amerika Kaskazini
- Watoto
- It lays eggs. A female lays a clutch of 7 to 20 eggs in summer, and the young hatch in late summer to early fall.1
- Hali yake porini
- Least Concern (IUCN Red List)1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 1 / 5: Hafifu3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Trimorphodon lambda (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Trimorphodon lambda (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
- Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.
Kila ukweli kwenye ukurasa huu una namba inayoonyesha chanzo chake. Kama tumekosea kitu, samahani, sisi ni wapenzi wa wanyama, si jarida la kisayansi. Tuambie kupitia [email protected] nasi tutarekebisha.
Kuumwa

