Texas lyre snake
The Texas lyre snake is a medium-sized, mildly venomous snake that lives in deserts and rocky land in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is secretive and hides in rock crevices during the day, so it is often hard to spot.1

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- Brown, tan or grey, with 17 to 24 dark brown blotches down the back1
- Large eyes with vertical pupils1
- Medium-sized, reaching about 1 metre in total length, including the tail1
- No V-shaped mark on the head, unlike other lyre snakes1
Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: Other lyre snakes in the genus Trimorphodon have a V-shaped pattern on the head that looks like a lyre. This subspecies does not have that mark.1
Maatla a botlhole
Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.
Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?
This snake is mildly venomous and is rear-fanged, meaning its fangs are at the back of the mouth. Its venom is not considered harmful to humans.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.Its venom is not considered harmful to people. The snake is secretive and often difficult to find.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
Kae mo lefatsheng?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 2 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatleng
boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 6 di latelana
e ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 71 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)Texas 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?
Dintlha
Despite its name, this subspecies has no V-shaped mark on its head, which is the pattern that gives lyre snakes their name.1
It is nocturnal, spending the day hidden in rock crevices and coming out to feed at night.1
It is seemingly common throughout its habitat, even though it is hard to find.1
It was once listed as Threatened in Texas, but it was removed from that list in 2020.1
Mosenyi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: The name 'lyre snake' means every lyre snake has a lyre-shaped V mark on its head.
Nnete: This subspecies has no V mark on the head, even though the name refers to that pattern in other lyre snakes.1
Ya baitseanape ba botlhole
- Leina la saense
- Trimorphodon vilkinsonii
- Setlhopha
- Dinoga tse di nang le meno a botlhole kwa morago
- Lelapa
- Colubridae2
- Lekoko
- Squamata
- Dikontinente
- Amerika Bokone
- Masea
- It lays eggs (it is oviparous), with about a dozen eggs per clutch.1
- Seemo sa yone kwa nageng
- Removed from the Threatened list in Texas in 20201
- Kotsi go batho
- 1 / 5: Kotsi e nnye3
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Texas lyre snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Trimorphodon vilkinsonii (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
- 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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Go loma

