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Mojave rattlesnake

Crotalus scutulatus

ብዛዕባ እቲ ስም፦ The name comes from the Mojave Desert, although little of the snake's range lies inside that desert.1

ክቐትል ይኽእልሕክምና እንተ ዘይረኺብካ ክቐትለካ ይኽእል። እንተ ነኺሱካ ብቕልጡፍ ሓገዝ ርኸብ።

ካብ ካልኦት ተመናት ቃጭል ፍጹም ዝተፈልየ እዩ፦ መርዚ ነርቪ ኣለዎ፣ ቦታኡ ድማ ኣይገድፍን። እቲ ንኽሳ ንእሽቶ ክመስል ይኽእል፣ ጸገም ምስትንፋስ ግን ድሕሪ ሰዓታት ይመጽእ። እቲ ንኽሳ ቀሊል እንተ መሰለ እውን ኩሉ ግዜ ናብ ሆስፒታል ኪድ።

ተመናት ቃጭል

ንኽሳታትዝበልዖ፦ ስጋ

ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ኣዝዩ ሓደገኛሕክምና ዘይረኸበ ሰብ ክቐትል ይኽእል።

The Mojave rattlesnake is a venomous pit viper that lives in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its venom is among the most studied of any rattlesnake, and it varies a lot from one population to another. Knowing how to recognise it helps people in its range stay safe.1

ዝነብረሉ

Southwestern USA (California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Texas) and mainland Mexico, including Sonora and Chihuahua1

ሰሜን ኣመሪካ

መበገሲ

It lives in broad desert valleys and lower mountain slopes, usually in sparse vegetation such as creosote, mesquite, cacti and Joshua trees. It avoids dense plant cover and very rocky ground. In hot weather and in winter it shelters in burrows dug by rodents, tortoises and kit foxes.1

ንውሓት

1,2 m (4,1 ft)1

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 3,7 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (2,3 ማይል/ሰዓት)

ኣብ መሬት, ግምት

እንታይ ይበልዕ?

It is an ambush predator, waiting for prey and then striking. It mostly eats small rodents and lizards.1

ስእሊ Mojave rattlesnake — Mojave rattlesnake። ስእሊ፦ Lvthn13 at English Wikipedia (Original text: Self-Created)። Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ

Has a row of large diamond-shaped blotches along the back, without the dark speckling found on the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake.1
The diamonds usually lack the white edges seen on most Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes.1
The tail has pale and dark rings, and the dark rings are often narrower than the pale ones.1
The rattle is usually yellow and black, or entirely yellow.1
Its back colour ranges from green to brown, grey or yellowish, so colour alone is not a reliable guide.1

ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝደናገረሉ፦ It closely resembles the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, which lives in the same areas. The Mojave rattlesnake has no dark speckling on its back, usually lacks white edges on the diamonds, has a facial stripe that bends toward the neck rather than meeting the mouth, and usually has a yellow or bicoloured rattle rather than a black one. No single trait reliably separates the two.1

ሓይሊ መርዚ

ንኽሳታት

ክነኽስ ከሎ መርዚ ብኣስናን መርዙ ወይ ብኣስናኑ ይወጽእ።

መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?

Its venom comes in two main types. Venom A contains Mojave toxin, a neurotoxic venom that attacks the nerves and can cause delayed respiratory paralysis, meaning the muscles used for breathing fail, with little or no local tissue damage. Venom B has no Mojave toxin and instead contains tissue-destroying enzymes called metalloproteinases.1

ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?

ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ኣዝዩ ሓደገኛሕክምና ዘይረኸበ ሰብ ክቐትል ይኽእል።

For decades this snake has been described as one of the deadliest rattlesnakes, and some sources call it the most dangerous snake in the United States. The danger depends on the population, because the neurotoxic venom is not found everywhere in its range. Some animals in between produce a mix of both venom types.1

ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?

It is shy and tends to avoid confrontation, but it will strike and bite vigorously when disturbed, especially if surprised or if there is no nearby vegetation or burrow to escape into.1

እንተ ነኺሱ

ነቲ ሰብ ከይንቀሳቐስን ህዱእን ግበሮ፣ ነቲ ዝተነኽሰ ኢድ ወይ እግሪ ኣብ ብራኸ ልቢ ሓዞ፣ ቀለበታትን ዝጸበቡ ነገራትን ኣውጽእ፣ ብቕልጡፍ ድማ ናብ ሆስፒታል ውሰዶ።

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

ኣበይ ኣብ ዓለም?

ኣፍሪቃ እስያ ኤውሮጳ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ደቡብ ኣመሪካ ኣውስትራልያን ኦሽያንያን

ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?

ክንደይ ይነውሕ?

ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 2,5 ኣናሙ ገዛ ይነውሕጫፍ ንጫፍ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 7 ባናናታት ይነውሕ100 ሜትሮ ብ97 ካልኢት ክሽፍን ይኽእል (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

Mojave rattlesnake ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?

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

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?

ጎብየ ኣስታት 0,3 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (0,19 mph)

Mojave rattlesnake ኣስታት 3,7 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (2,3 mph)

ዝኸይድ ሰብ ኣስታት 5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (3,1 mph)

ክፍለጥ ዘለዎ

ሓቅታት

Its venom varies so much between populations that one area was found where the venom is much less lethal to laboratory mice than elsewhere in its range.1

Males can grow to a maximum of about 124 cm, making them larger than females.1

ጽውጽዋይ ዝሰብር

ጽውጽዋይ፦ Every Mojave rattlesnake bite is extraordinarily deadly.

ሓቂ፦ The reputation for deadliness comes mainly from the neurotoxic venom, which is found in most populations but not all. Venom from some populations is non-neurotoxic and mainly destroys tissue.1

ንክኢላታት መርዚ

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Crotalus scutulatus
ጉጅለ: ተመናት ቃጭል
ስድራ ቤት: Viperidae2
ቅደም ሰዓብ: Squamata
ክፍለ ዓለማት: ሰሜን ኣመሪካ
ህጻናት: It bears live young, usually between 2 and 17 (average about eight), from July through September.1
ኣብ ዱር ዘሎ ኩነታቱ: Least Concern (IUCN Red List)1
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: 4 / 5: ኣዝዩ ሓደገኛ3

ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ

Crotalus scutulatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Crotalus scutulatus (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
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