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Night snake

Hypsiglena torquata
AsinangoziAsinangozi ebantwini. Akukho nto yokukhathazeka ngayo.
Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

The night snake is a small snake that is most active at dusk and at night. It lives in western Mexico, and it is rarely seen in the Okanagan Valley of Canada. It has rear fangs and mild venom, but it is not dangerous to people.1

Sihlala
Western Mexico; rare sightings in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada1
uMntla Melika
Ekhaya
Night snakes are often seen at night crossing roads. During the day they hide under rocks, boards, dead branches and other surface litter.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?
Its main prey is lizards, especially side-blotched lizards and their eggs. It also eats juvenile rattlesnakes, blind snakes, salamanders, frogs and large insects.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Night snake
Night snake. Ifoto: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Pale grey, light brown or beige, with dark grey or brown blotches on the back and sides1
  • A pair of dark brown blotches on the neck1
  • A black or dark brown bar behind each eye1
  • Vertical pupils and a flat, triangular head1
  • A white or yellowish belly1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The night snake is slightly venomous. It uses its venom to subdue its prey, not to harm people.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

The night snake poses no threat to humans and is not dangerous to people.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

If threatened, it coils up and thrusts its coils at the threat while flattening its head into a triangular defensive shape.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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Night snake malunga ne-66 cm ubude (2,2 ft)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)Inja malunga ne-1 m (3,3 ft)
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-4 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-80 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Night snake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

In British Columbia, only about 20 sightings have been recorded since 1980, so it is very rare there.1

2

Night snakes hibernate during winter and can aestivate during some summer periods.1

3

They are both crepuscular, meaning most active at dawn and dusk, and nocturnal.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Hypsiglena torquata
Iqela
Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva
Usapho
Colubridae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
uMntla Melika
Iintsana
Females lay a clutch of 2 to 9 eggs between April and August. The eggs hatch in 7 to 8 weeks, usually in late summer.1
Ingozi ebantwini
1 / 5: Kuthambile3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Hypsiglena torquata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hypsiglena torquata (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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