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Mexican west coast rattlesnake

Crotalus basiliscus

Ka ga leina: Its scientific name, basiliscus, comes from the Greek word for king and refers to its large size and potent venom.1

E ka bolayaE ka go bolaya fa o sa alafiwe. Fa e go loma, batla thuso ka bonako.

Dinoga tsa rathele

Go lomaE ja: Nama

Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.

The Mexican west coast rattlesnake is a large venomous pit viper. It lives on the coastal plain of western Mexico. It is one of the largest rattlesnakes in the world, so its size and its strong venom make it one to respect.1

E tshela kwa

Western Mexico, from southern Sonora to Michoacán, mostly on the coastal plain.1

Amerika Bokone

Gae

Its habitat is mostly tropical thorn forest, extending into tropical deciduous forest. Around Colima, where it is particularly plentiful, the land is mostly treeless with short grass, scattered mesquite, acacias, thorny bushes and many large cacti. In the lowlands, most specimens are found crossing roads at night.1

Boleele

1 m go ya go 2 m (3,3 ft go ya go 6,7 ft)1

Bokima

700 g (1,5 lb)1

Lebelo le le kwa godimo

e ka nna 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)

Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela

E ja eng?

The stomachs of seven specimens contained mammal hair, probably from rodents.1

Setshwantsho sa Mexican west coast rattlesnake — Mexican west coast rattlesnake. Setshwantsho: Alan Rockefeller. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

Brown or grey body with 26 to 41 dark, diamond-shaped blotches that have light edges.1
Within its range, it is the only rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings on its back.1
Head is a uniform greyish-brown, with lighter lip scales and a dark bar behind each eye.1
Young snakes are mostly red, and adults become olive green.1
Body is moderately stout and rather rectangular in cross section.1

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: It often lives in the same areas as C. molossus, and the two hybridise freely. The two species are easy to tell apart, but hybrid snakes are hard to identify.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

Its venom is highly toxic and is produced in large amounts. The venom contains proteases, which are enzymes that break down proteins. In some populations, it may also contain a component related to Mojave toxin.1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.

Large specimens should be regarded as very dangerous. An average venom yield of 297 mg of dried venom has been recorded.1

Dikgang tse di molemo: dingaka di na le molemo (antivenom) kgotsa kalafi ya se.1

Fa e loma

Dira gore motho a nne a sa tshikinyege a ritibetse, tshegetsa setho se se lomilweng mo boemong jwa pelo, tlosa direng le dilo tse di tiileng, mme o mo ise bookelong ka bonako.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
Fa e nngwe e go loma: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

Kae mo lefatsheng?

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E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

E kima go le kae?

bokima jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 6

boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 4 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 11 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 86 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Mexican west coast rattlesnake e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

Khudu e ka nna 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Mexican west coast rattlesnake e ka nna 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

It is one of the largest rattlesnake species, and specimens over 150 cm are not uncommon.1

Young snakes are red, and they turn olive green as they grow into adults.1

Its scientific name comes from the Greek word for king, a nod to its size and strong venom.1

It hybridises freely with C. molossus where their ranges overlap.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense: Crotalus basiliscus
Setlhopha: Dinoga tsa rathele
Lelapa: Viperidae2
Lekoko: Squamata
Dikontinente: Amerika Bokone
Seemo sa yone kwa nageng: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, v3.1, 2001). The trend was stable when assessed in 2007.1
Kotsi go batho: 4 / 5: E kotsi thata3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Crotalus basiliscus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Crotalus basiliscus (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
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