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Desert night snake

Hypsiglena chlorophaea
ዘይጎድእንሰባት ኣይጎድእን። ዘሻቕል ነገር የለን።
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ቀሊልከም ምንዳፍ ንህቢ ወይ ካብኡ ዝውሕድ። ንሰባት ዳርጋ ዘይጎድእ።

The desert nightsnake is a small, slender snake that hunts at night and spends the day hidden. It lives in dry parts of western North America, from the southwestern United States into northwestern Mexico. It is mildly venomous, but it poses no danger to people.1

ዝነብረሉ
Western and southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico, and a small area of southern British Columbia, Canada1
ሰሜን ኣመሪካ
መበገሲ
It lives in dry places such as desert scrub, chaparral, grasslands, oak woodlands and rocky canyons. It spends daylight hours hiding in rock crevices, on talus slopes, under surface debris or in abandoned mammal burrows.1
ንውሓት
ካብ 30 cm ክሳብ 66 cm (ካብ 1 ft ክሳብ 2,2 ft)1
ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ
ኣስታት 4,5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (2,8 ማይል/ሰዓት)
ኣብ መሬት, ግምት
እንታይ ይበልዕ?
It is an ambush predator that waits for prey and uses its mild venom to subdue it. It mainly eats small lizards such as skinks and lizard eggs, and will also take small snakes, frogs, salamanders and insects.1
ብሓቂ!ስእሊ Desert night snake
Desert night snake። ስእሊ፦ iNaturalist user: nmoorhatch። CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ

  • Small and slender, usually 30 to 66 cm long in total.1
  • Base colour is beige, yellowish or grey, with dark grey-brown blotches that usually form offset pairs down the back.1
  • Three long dark blotches on the neck and one behind each eye.1
  • Triangular head with vertical pupils.1
  • Smooth scales on the back and no rattle at the tail.1

ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝደናገረሉ፦ It is often mistaken for a juvenile rattlesnake because of its triangular head, vertical pupils and blotched pattern. Unlike a rattlesnake, it has no rattle and its back scales are smooth.1

ሓይሊ መርዚ

ንኽሳታት

ክነኽስ ከሎ መርዚ ብኣስናን መርዙ ወይ ብኣስናኑ ይወጽእ።

መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?

It is mildly venomous and uses its venom to subdue prey. It has rear fangs, which are grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw.1

ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?

ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ቀሊልከም ምንዳፍ ንህቢ ወይ ካብኡ ዝውሕድ። ንሰባት ዳርጋ ዘይጎድእ።

It is mildly venomous and poses no danger to humans.1

እንተ ነኺሱ

  • ነቲ ንኽሳ ሕጸቦ፣ ነቲ ሰብ ኣህድኦ፣ ሕክምናዊ ሓገዝ ድማ ርኸብ። ገለ ዓሌታት (ከም ቡምስላንግ) ድሕሪ ሰዓታት ቀተልቲ ክኾኑ ይኽእሉ።

ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት

ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ

  • ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
  • ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
  • ሓደ እንተ ነኺሱካ፦ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ከይተንቀሳቐስካ ጽናሕ፣ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት (112፣ 000፣ 911) ደውል ወይ ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ሆስፒታል ኪድ። ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ዘክር፣ ስእሊ ይሕግዝ።

ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዝጥቀመሉ መግቢ ንምሓዝ ወይ ንርእሱ ንምክልኻል እዩ፣ ምሕባእ ድማ ኣዝዩ ይመርጽ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ

ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?

ክንደይ ይነውሕ?

Desert night snake ንውሓቱ ኣስታት 66 cm (2,2 ft)ድሙ ገዛ ኣስታት 50 cm (1,6 ft)ከልቢ ኣስታት 1 m (3,3 ft)
ጫፍ ንጫፍ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 4 ባናናታት ይነውሕ100 ሜትሮ ብ80 ካልኢት ክሽፍን ይኽእል (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

Desert night snake ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?

ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?

ክፍለጥ ዘለዎ

ሓቅታት

1

It is a rear-fanged snake, with enlarged grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw that help it subdue prey.1

2

In Canada, it is federally listed as Endangered, because its small population is threatened by habitat loss.1

3

Females are generally longer and heavier than males.1

4

It is mainly active at night and at dusk, which is why it has the name nightsnake.1

ጽውጽዋይ ዝሰብር

ጽውጽዋይ፦ It is a juvenile rattlesnake.

ሓቂ፦ It is a separate species. It has no rattle and its back scales are smooth.1

ንክኢላታት መርዚ

ሳይንሳዊ ስም
Hypsiglena chlorophaea
ጉጅለ
ኣብ ድሕሪት ኣስናን ዘለዎም ተመናት
ስድራ ቤት
Colubridae2
ቅደም ሰዓብ
Squamata
ክፍለ ዓለማት
ሰሜን ኣመሪካ
ህጻናት
It lays eggs. Females lay a single clutch of 2 to 9 eggs, usually around 4, between April and July, hidden in rock crevices or abandoned burrows. The eggs hatch in late summer, and the hatchlings are about 17 cm long.1
ኣብ ዱር ዘሎ ኩነታቱ
Least Concern globally (IUCN); Endangered in Canada (COSEWIC)1
ሓደጋ ንሰባት
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ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ

  1. Hypsiglena chlorophaea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hypsiglena chlorophaea (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
  3. Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.

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