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Pygmy rattlesnake

Sistrurus miliarius
Ka ga leina: The specific name miliarius comes from Latin and means millet or millet-like, probably describing the blotched patterns on its body.1
E utlwisa botlhoko felaE a utlwisa botlhoko, mme ga e kitla e go gobatsa thata.
Dinoga tsa rathele Go lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

The pygmy rattlesnake is a small, venomous snake that lives in the southeastern United States. It is the smallest rattlesnake found on the North American continent. Its venom is strongly tissue-damaging, but the snake makes so little that a bite is unlikely to be fatal to an adult.1

E tshela kwa
Southeastern United States, from southern and eastern North Carolina south through peninsular Florida and west to East Texas and Oklahoma1
Amerika Bokone
Gae
It lives in flatwoods, sandhills, longleaf pine savannahs, mixed scrub oak forests and floodplains, and is also found near lakes and marshes. It does not dig its own burrows. It uses holes dug by small rodents or gopher tortoises, and it prefers densely vegetated areas for cover.1
Boleele
40 cm go ya go 79 cm (1,3 ft go ya go 2,6 ft)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
It eats small mammals, birds, lizards, insects, frogs and other snakes, and also giant desert centipedes. Young snakes lure skinks by waving the tail, while adults wait motionless in a coil for days at a time.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Pygmy rattlesnake
Pygmy rattlesnake. Setshwantsho: unknown. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Small but bulky in width, usually 40 to 60 cm long including the tail1
  • Dorsal pattern of oval or roughly circular spots with somewhat regular edges1
  • Flank spots are mostly round and not much taller than they are wide1
  • Usually 23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody1
  • Young snakes may be paler or more vividly marked, and have a yellow tail tip. The rattle is tiny and gives only a faint buzz that is heard from a few feet away1

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 cytotoxic, which means it damages cells, and it is strongly haemorrhagic, which means it causes bleeding. The venom is tissue-toxic but contains no neurotoxins, which attack the nerves. The snake produces only a small amount of venom and contains substantial amounts of serotonin and related compounds.1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

The snake produces too little venom to be likely to deliver a fatal bite to a human adult.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

Some individuals are very aggressive and strike furiously, while others are lethargic and do not rattle at all, and many are reluctant to bite.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?

Pygmy rattlesnake e ka nna 79 cm ka boleele (2,6 ft)Katse ya ntlo e ka nna 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntša e ka nna 1 m (3,3 ft)
boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 4 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 110 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Pygmy 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 was the basis for the drug eptifibatide, which is used to prevent clotting during a heart attack.1

2

It is the smallest rattlesnake found on the North American continent.1

3

Its rattle is unusually small, which may show the early stages of how rattles evolved.1

4

Snake fungal disease has risen sharply in pygmy rattlesnakes over the past decade and is a major cause of death, though some snakes have recovered in the field.1

5

Females may give birth to live young even while infected with snake fungal disease.1

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: Its bite is deadly to people.

Nnete: The snake makes so little venom that a bite is unlikely to be fatal to an adult human.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Sistrurus miliarius
Setlhopha
Dinoga tsa rathele
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Bokone
Masea
It gives birth to live young, usually 3 to 13 per litter, between July and September.1
Seemo sa yone kwa nageng
Least concern (IUCN Red List)1
Kotsi go batho
2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Sistrurus miliarius (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Sistrurus miliarius (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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