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Mojave rattlesnake

Crotalus scutulatus
Ka ga leina: The name comes from the Mojave Desert, although little of the snake's range lies inside that desert.1
E ka bolayaE ka go bolaya fa o sa alafiwe. Fa e go loma, batla thuso ka bonako.
Ga e tshwane gope le dinoga tse dingwe tsa rathele: e na le botlhole jwa methapo mme ga e tshabe. Go loma ga yone go ka lebega go le gonnye mme mathata a go hema a tle diura morago. Ka gale ya kwa bookelong, le fa ntho e lebega e se masisi.
Dinoga tsa rathele Go lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.

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

E tshela kwa
Southwestern USA (California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Texas) and mainland Mexico, including Sonora and Chihuahua1
Amerika Bokone
Gae
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
Boleele
1,2 m (4,1 ft)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 3,7 km/h (2,3 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
It is an ambush predator, waiting for prey and then striking. It mostly eats small rodents and lizards.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Mojave rattlesnake
Mojave rattlesnake. Setshwantsho: Lvthn13 at English Wikipedia (Original text: Self-Created). Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • 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

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: 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

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 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

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

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

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

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

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

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?

AforikaAsiaYuropaAmerika BokoneAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Mojave rattlesnake e ka nna 1,2 m ka boleele (4,1 ft)Ntša e ka nna 1 m (3,3 ft)Motho yo mogolo e ka nna 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 2,5 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 7 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 97 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Mojave 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?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

1

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

2

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

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: Every Mojave rattlesnake bite is extraordinarily deadly.

Nnete: 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

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Crotalus scutulatus
Setlhopha
Dinoga tsa rathele
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Bokone
Masea
It bears live young, usually between 2 and 17 (average about eight), from July through September.1
Seemo sa yone kwa nageng
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)1
Kotsi go batho
4 / 5: E kotsi thata3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Crotalus scutulatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Crotalus scutulatus (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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