Western rattlesnake
The Western rattlesnake is a venomous pit viper that lives across western North America, from the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico to the southern interior of British Columbia in Canada. It is one of only three rattlesnake species still found in Canada, which is why its populations there matter.1

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- Ground colour is dark brown, dark grey, olive-brown, or sometimes black or pale yellowish.1
- Large dark blotches run along the back, with uneven white edges, and are wider than the gaps between them.1
- A dark brown stripe with a white border runs from the eye to the angle of the jaw.1
- The belly is pale yellow, usually with brown spots.1
- Juveniles have clearer patterns that fade as the snake matures. The last two tail rings, at the base of the tail, are usually black.1
ሓይሊ መርዚ
ክነኽስ ከሎ መርዚ ብኣስናን መርዙ ወይ ብኣስናኑ ይወጽእ።
መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?
Its venom is both hemotoxic, meaning it damages blood and tissue, and neurotoxic, meaning it affects the nerves. In prey, it can cause paralysis, which stops the animal escaping. In people it is linked with cardiovascular effects, internal bleeding and headaches.1
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ከቢድንኽሳኡ ሓኪም የድልዮ። ሞት ኣዝዩ ሳሕቲ እዩ።
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
ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ክንደይ ይነውሕ?
ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 3 ኣናሙ ገዛ ይነውሕ
ጫፍ ንጫፍ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 9 ባናናታት ይነውሕ
100 ሜትሮ ብ97 ካልኢት ክሽፍን ይኽእል (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)Western rattlesnake ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?
ሓቅታት
Its size depends on where it lives and on its diet. Snakes that eat lizards are much smaller than those that eat birds and mammals.1
The largest recorded Western rattlesnake measured 162.6 cm, but mainland adults often reach about 100 cm.1
It makes seasonal migrations between winter and summer habitats to follow its prey.1
Mating snakes are very sensitive to disturbance and quickly separate.1
Most females breed every two years, although about 10% breed in two years in a row.1
ንክኢላታት መርዚ
- ሳይንሳዊ ስም
- Crotalus oreganus
- ጉጅለ
- ተመናት ቃጭል
- ስድራ ቤት
- Viperidae2
- ቅደም ሰዓብ
- Squamata
- ክፍለ ዓለማት
- ሰሜን ኣመሪካ
- ህጻናት
- It gives birth to live young, usually 3 to 8 per litter (1 to 15 is the range), in August or September. Newborns are about 19 to 28 cm long.1
- ኣብ ዱር ዘሎ ኩነታቱ
- Threatened in Canada (Schedule 1 federally threatened under Canada's Species at Risk Act). Previously listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.1
- ሓደጋ ንሰባት
- 3 / 5: ከቢድ3
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Crotalus oreganus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Crotalus oreganus (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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