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Desert night snake

Hypsiglena chlorophaea

AsinangoziAsinangozi ebantwini. Akukho nto yokukhathazeka ngayo.

Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

The desert nightsnake is a small, slender snake that hunts at night and spends the day hidden. It lives in dry parts of western North America, from the southwestern United States into northwestern Mexico. It is mildly venomous, but it poses no danger to people.1

Sihlala

Western and southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico, and a small area of southern British Columbia, Canada1

uMntla Melika

Ekhaya

It lives in dry places such as desert scrub, chaparral, grasslands, oak woodlands and rocky canyons. It spends daylight hours hiding in rock crevices, on talus slopes, under surface debris or in abandoned mammal burrows.1

Ubude

30 cm ukuya ku-66 cm (1 ft ukuya ku-2,2 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-4,5 km/h (2,8 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It is an ambush predator that waits for prey and uses its mild venom to subdue it. It mainly eats small lizards such as skinks and lizard eggs, and will also take small snakes, frogs, salamanders and insects.1

Ifoto ka-Desert night snake — Desert night snake. Ifoto: iNaturalist user: nmoorhatch. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Small and slender, usually 30 to 66 cm long in total.1
Base colour is beige, yellowish or grey, with dark grey-brown blotches that usually form offset pairs down the back.1
Three long dark blotches on the neck and one behind each eye.1
Triangular head with vertical pupils.1
Smooth scales on the back and no rattle at the tail.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is often mistaken for a juvenile rattlesnake because of its triangular head, vertical pupils and blotched pattern. Unlike a rattlesnake, it has no rattle and its back scales are smooth.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

It is mildly venomous and uses its venom to subdue prey. It has rear fangs, which are grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

It is mildly venomous and poses no danger to humans.1

Ukuba siyaluma

Hlamba indawo elunyiweyo, gcina umntu ezolile kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango. Ezinye iintlobo (njenge-boomslang) zinokubulala kwiiyure ezininzi kamva.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-4 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-80 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Desert night snake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Ufudo malunga ne-0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Desert night snake malunga ne-4,5 km/h (2,8 mph)

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It is a rear-fanged snake, with enlarged grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw that help it subdue prey.1

In Canada, it is federally listed as Endangered, because its small population is threatened by habitat loss.1

Females are generally longer and heavier than males.1

It is mainly active at night and at dusk, which is why it has the name nightsnake.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: It is a juvenile rattlesnake.

Inyaniso: It is a separate species. It has no rattle and its back scales are smooth.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Hypsiglena chlorophaea
Iqela: Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva
Usapho: Colubridae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: uMntla Melika
Iintsana: It lays eggs. Females lay a single clutch of 2 to 9 eggs, usually around 4, between April and July, hidden in rock crevices or abandoned burrows. The eggs hatch in late summer, and the hatchlings are about 17 cm long.1
Imeko yaso endle: Least Concern globally (IUCN); Endangered in Canada (COSEWIC)1
Ingozi ebantwini: 1 / 5: Kuthambile3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Hypsiglena chlorophaea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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