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Twin-spotted rattlesnake

Crotalus pricei
Kuhusu jina: Its scientific name, pricei, honours William Wightman "Billy" Price, a field biologist who collected the first specimens.1
Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Nyoka njuga KuumwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

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

Anaishi
Southwestern United States (south-eastern Arizona) and northern Mexico, including Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango and parts of Coahuila and Nuevo León1
Amerika Kaskazini
Nyumbani
It lives amid mountain rocks, where nights are often cold. Its range covers the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental mountain ranges.1
Urefu
66 cm (2.2 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 3.3 kwa saa (maili 2.1 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It hunts small rodents and lizards.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Twin-spotted rattlesnake
Twin-spotted rattlesnake. Picha: Juan Cruzado Cortés. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • 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

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

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

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

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

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

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

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

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Twin-spotted rattlesnake urefu wa takriban 66 cm (2.2 ft)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)
urefu sawa na ndizi 4 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 110 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Twin-spotted rattlesnake ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

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

Kuvunja dhana potofu

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

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

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Crotalus pricei
Kundi
Nyoka njuga
Familia
Viperidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Amerika Kaskazini
Hali yake porini
Least Concern1
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

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