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Mojave rattlesnake

Crotalus scutulatus
Ci turam: The name comes from the Mojave Desert, although little of the snake's range lies inside that desert.1
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Niroowul ak yeneen serpent à sonnette: daŋaram dafay song siddit yi, te du daw, dafay taxaw fi mu nekk. Màtt bi mën na mel ni lu ndaw te jafe-jafe ci noyyi di ñëw ay waxtu ginnaaw. Demal lopitaan saa su nekk, doonte màtt bi dafa mel ni lu woyof.
Serpent à sonnette Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

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

Dafay dund ci
Southwestern USA (California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Texas) and mainland Mexico, including Sonora and Chihuahua1
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Kër
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
Guddaay
1,2 m (4,1 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 3,7 km/h (2,3 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It is an ambush predator, waiting for prey and then striking. It mostly eats small rodents and lizards.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Mojave rattlesnake
Mojave rattlesnake. Foto: Lvthn13 at English Wikipedia (Original text: Self-Created). Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

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

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

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

Su màttee

  • Def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu te dal, yemale cër bi ñu màtt ak kawewaayu xol bi, dindi jaaro yi ak lu xat lépp, te yóbbu ko lopitaan ci gaaw.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Mojave rattlesnake guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,2 m (4,1 ft)Ab xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)Ab nit ku mag lu tollu ci 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
guddu na ni 2,5 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 7 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 97 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Mojave rattlesnake ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

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

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: Every Mojave rattlesnake bite is extraordinarily deadly.

Dëgg: 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

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Crotalus scutulatus
Mbooloo
Serpent à sonnette
Njaboot
Viperidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Liir yi
It bears live young, usually between 2 and 17 (average about eight), from July through September.1
Ni mu nekke ci àll bi
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)1
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Crotalus scutulatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Crotalus scutulatus (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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