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Sonoran lyre snake

Trimorphodon lambda
Ka ga leina: Its species name, lambda, refers to the chevron-shaped mark on its head, which looks like the Greek capital letter lambda (Λ).1
Ga e na kotsiGa e na kotsi go batho. Ga go na sepe se o tshwanetseng go tshwenyega ka sone.
Kotsi go batho: Kotsi e nnyeJaaka go tlhabiwa ke notshe kgotsa go le kwa tlase. Ga e na kotsi go batho.

The Sonoran lyre snake is a slender, medium to large snake with a distinctive V-shaped mark on top of its head. It lives among rocks in the American Southwest and northwestern Mexico. It is a rear-fanged snake, so its fangs sit at the back of its mouth.1

E tshela kwa
Arizona, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, southern New Mexico, extreme southeastern California, Sonora and northwestern Chihuahua in Mexico1
Amerika Bokone
Gae
It is strongly linked to rocky places, such as rocky canyons, hillsides and dry stream beds called arroyos, up to about 2,250 m. It is highly secretive and usually shelters deep in rock crevices or under large boulders. It can also climb steep rock faces and sometimes trees or shrubs.1
Boleele
23 cm go ya go 88 cm (9,1 in go ya go 2,9 ft)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
It mainly eats lizards, which it hunts actively among rocks and crevices. It also eats small mammals such as mice and bats, nestling birds and occasionally other small snakes. It is mostly active at night.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Sonoran lyre snake
Sonoran lyre snake. Setshwantsho: clurarit. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • A V-shaped or lyre-like mark on the top of the head, which gives it its name1
  • Pale grey, tan or light brown ground colour1
  • 18 to 31 dark brown saddles or blotches along the back, with pale edges1
  • A dark bar across the snout between the eyes1
  • A broad, flat head that is clearly wider than its slim neck, with large eyes that have vertical pupils1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

It is a rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous) snake, meaning its fangs are at the back of the mouth. Its venom is relatively mild and is adapted to subdue small, fast lizards and mammals. Because the fangs are at the back, it usually has to chew on its target to inject enough venom.1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: Kotsi e nnyeJaaka go tlhabiwa ke notshe kgotsa go le kwa tlase. Ga e na kotsi go batho.

The venom is generally considered harmless to people. A bite may cause mild pain and swelling around the bite, but it is not medically significant.1

Fa e loma

  • Tlhatswa fa go lomilweng, dira gore motho a ritibale mme o batle thuso ya bongaka. Mefuta mengwe (jaaka boomslang) e ka bolaya diura morago.

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

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Sonoran lyre snake e ka nna 88 cm ka boleele (2,9 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 dikatse tsa ntlo di le 2 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 5 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 71 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Sonoran lyre snake 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 front teeth are long and curved, its middle teeth are shorter, and its rear fangs are long and grooved.1

2

Its genus name, Trimorphodon, means 'three-shaped teeth', because it has three kinds of teeth in its upper jaw.1

3

Although it is mostly a rock dweller, it can climb steep cliffs and sometimes trees or shrubs.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Trimorphodon lambda
Setlhopha
Dinoga tse di nang le meno a botlhole kwa morago
Lelapa
Colubridae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Bokone
Masea
It lays eggs. A female lays a clutch of 7 to 20 eggs in summer, and the young hatch in late summer to early fall.1
Seemo sa yone kwa nageng
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)1
Kotsi go batho
1 / 5: Kotsi e nnye3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Trimorphodon lambda (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Trimorphodon lambda (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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