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Texas lyre snake

Trimorphodon vilkinsonii
Ci turam: The species name honours Edward Wilkinson, an amateur American naturalist who collected the first specimen near the city of Chihuahua.1
Amul lorAmul lor ci nit. Amul lu la war a jaaxal.
Jaan yu am bëñ ci ginnaaw gémmiñ Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: WoyofNi jamu yamb walla lu ko yées. Lu jege, amul lor ci nit.

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

Dafay dund ci
South-western United States (Big Bend region of Texas, southern New Mexico) and north-eastern Chihuahua, Mexico1
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Kër
It prefers desert and rocky areas, where it hides in rock crevices. Most of its habitat is on protected or private land.1
Guddaay
1 m (3,3 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It is nocturnal and feeds mainly on lizards, and also eats small rodents, frogs, bats and birds. If its venom does not kill the prey, it may kill by constriction.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Texas lyre snake
Texas lyre snake. Foto: Logan Ediger. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: WoyofNi jamu yamb walla lu ko yées. Lu jege, amul lor ci nit.

Its venom is not considered harmful to people. The snake is secretive and often difficult to find.1

Su màttee

  • Raxas fa mu màtt, def ba nit ki dal te wutal ndimbal doktoor. Am na yenn xeet (ni boomslang) yu mën a rey ay waxtu ginnaaw.

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

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Texas lyre snake guddaayam lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 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 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 6 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 71 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Texas lyre snake 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

Despite its name, this subspecies has no V-shaped mark on its head, which is the pattern that gives lyre snakes their name.1

2

It is nocturnal, spending the day hidden in rock crevices and coming out to feed at night.1

3

It is seemingly common throughout its habitat, even though it is hard to find.1

4

It was once listed as Threatened in Texas, but it was removed from that list in 2020.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: The name 'lyre snake' means every lyre snake has a lyre-shaped V mark on its head.

Dëgg: This subspecies has no V mark on the head, even though the name refers to that pattern in other lyre snakes.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Trimorphodon vilkinsonii
Mbooloo
Jaan yu am bëñ ci ginnaaw gémmiñ
Njaboot
Colubridae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Liir yi
It lays eggs (it is oviparous), with about a dozen eggs per clutch.1
Ni mu nekke ci àll bi
Removed from the Threatened list in Texas in 20201
Musiba ci nit
1 / 5: Woyof3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Texas lyre snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Trimorphodon vilkinsonii (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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