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Red diamond rattlesnake

Crotalus ruber
Malunga negama: The specific name 'ruber' is Latin for red, which refers to the snake's reddish colour.1
Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.
Ii-rattlesnake UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

The red diamond rattlesnake is a venomous pit viper with a reddish colour. It lives in southwestern California in the United States and in Baja California in Mexico. Its bite is a medical emergency, even though its venom is one of the weaker rattlesnake venoms.1

Sihlala
Southwestern California (USA), Baja California peninsula (Mexico) and islands in the Gulf of California1
uMntla Melika
Ekhaya
It lives in cooler coastal areas, over the mountains and into the desert beyond. It favours dense chaparral (shrubby scrubland) in the foothills, cactus patches and brush-covered boulders, from sea level up to 1,500 m. Small caves and cracks in reddish sandstone mesas are a favoured home.1
Ubude
30 cm ukuya ku-1,6 m (1 ft ukuya ku-5,3 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-3,9 km/h (2,4 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It preys on rabbits, ground squirrels, birds, lizards and other snakes. Coastal snakes eat prey with a larger body mass than desert snakes.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Red diamond rattlesnake
Red diamond rattlesnake. Ifoto: Caudatejake. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Reddish colour, which gives the species its name1
  • A pattern very similar to the western diamondback, C. atrox1
  • The first lower lip scale on each side is split, forming a pair of chin shields1
  • Usually 29 rows of dorsal (back) scales, ranging from 25 to 31 rows1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is very similar in pattern to C. atrox, the western diamondback. The red diA mond rattlesnake can be told apart by its reddish colour and by the split first lower lip scale that forms a pair of chin shields.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

All rattlesnakes are venomous, and this species has one of the least potent rattlesnake venoms. Its venom contains enzymes that break down proteins and damage tissue, and it can cause massive swelling, pain, bruising, blisters and tissue death at the bite site. Symptoms can also include nausea, vomiting and bleeding problems, because the venom affects how the blood clots.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

Its venom is mild compared with other rattlesnakes, and the snake has a mild disposition. However, a bite is still a medical emergency and can be fatal without prompt antivenom treatment.1

Iindaba ezimnandi: oogqirha banamayeza (i-antivenom) okanye unyango lwale nto.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

This species is of a mild disposition.1

Ukuba siyaluma

  • A bite from this snake is a medical emergency. Get medical help straight away, because prompt antivenom treatment is needed.1
  • Gcina umntu engashukumi kwaye ezolile, gcina ilungu elilunyiweyo kwinqanaba lentliziyo, susa imisesane nezinto eziqinileyo, uze umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza.

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.

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Phi emhlabeni?

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Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Red diamond rattlesnake malunga ne-1,6 m ubude (5,3 ft)Inja malunga ne-1 m (3,3 ft)Umntu omdala malunga ne-1,7 m (5,6 ft)
ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-3 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-9 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-92 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Red diamond rattlesnake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Its venom is one of the least potent of all rattlesnake venoms, yet a bite still needs urgent treatment.1

2

The largest recorded specimen measured 162 cm, which is long for a rattlesnake of this kind.1

3

Snakes from coastal areas are longer on average than those from desert areas.1

4

It lives on several islands in the Gulf of California, as well as on the Baja California peninsula.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Because its venom is mild, its bite is harmless.

Inyaniso: Its venom is one of the least potent of rattlesnake venoms, but a bite is still a medical emergency and can be fatal without prompt antivenom treatment.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Crotalus ruber
Iqela
Ii-rattlesnake
Usapho
Viperidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
uMntla Melika
Iintsana
It gives birth to live young (ovoviviparous). Females give birth in August to between three and 20 young, each 30 to 34 cm long.1
Imeko yaso endle
Least Concern1
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Crotalus ruber (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Crotalus ruber (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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