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Southern hognose snake

Heterodon simus
Kuhusu jina: The name refers to the upturned snout, which looks a little like a pig's nose.1
Hana madharaHana madhara kwa watu. Hakuna cha kuhofia.
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

The southern hognose snake is a stout, harmless snake with a sharply upturned nose. It lives on the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, where it hunts toads and other small animals.1

Anaishi
Coastal plain of the southeastern United States, from North Carolina south to Lake Okeechobee in Florida and west to Mississippi1
Amerika Kaskazini
Nyumbani
It lives in dry grasslands such as longleaf pine sandhill, upland pine forest and scrubby flatwoods. In some areas it also lives in overgrown pastures, dry river floodplains, fields and pine plantations.1
Urefu
36 cm hadi 61 cm (1.2 ft hadi 2 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 4.6 kwa saa (maili 2.9 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It mainly eats spadefoot toads and true toads. It also eats salamanders, other frogs, lizards and small mammals, and rarely large invertebrates.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Southern hognose snake
Southern hognose snake. Picha: Caudatejake. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • A stout body with a wide neck and a sharply upturned snout1
  • A light brown, yellowish, grey or reddish base colour with a distinct row of dark blotches along the back1
  • Smaller dark blotches alternate with the main blotches along the sides1
  • About 25 rows of keeled (ridged) scales around the middle of the body1
  • Young snakes have a belly that is clearly darker than the underside of the tail. As they age, the underside usually turns pale white1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

It is described as harmless to people.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?

Southern hognose snake urefu wa takriban 61 cm (2 ft)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)
urefu sawa na ndizi 3 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 78 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Southern hognose snake ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Toads make up most of its diet, which sets it apart from many snakes that mainly eat other animals.1

2

Hatchlings are already 15 to 18 cm long, which is a large size for a newborn snake.1

3

Its upturned snout is an adaptation that gives the species its common name.1

4

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources lists it as possibly extirpated (locally extinct) in that state.1

5

It is classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Heterodon simus
Kundi
Nyoka wenye meno ya sumu nyuma
Familia
Colubridae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Amerika Kaskazini
Watoto
It lays eggs. Clutches contain 6 to 14 thin-shelled, leathery, whitish eggs, which hatch after 55 to 60 days.1
Hali yake porini
Vulnerable (IUCN Red List, assessed 2007)1
Hatari kwa watu
1 / 5: Hafifu3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Southern hognose snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heterodon simus (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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