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Ikhathuni ka-Southern hognose snake
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Southern hognose snake

Heterodon simus
Malunga negama: The name refers to the upturned snout, which looks a little like a pig's nose.1
AsinangoziAsinangozi ebantwini. Akukho nto yokukhathazeka ngayo.
Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

The southern hognose snake is a stout, harmless snake with a sharply upturned nose. It lives on the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, where it hunts toads and other small animals.1

Sihlala
Coastal plain of the southeastern United States, from North Carolina south to Lake Okeechobee in Florida and west to Mississippi1
uMntla Melika
Ekhaya
It lives in dry grasslands such as longleaf pine sandhill, upland pine forest and scrubby flatwoods. In some areas it also lives in overgrown pastures, dry river floodplains, fields and pine plantations.1
Ubude
36 cm ukuya ku-61 cm (1,2 ft ukuya ku-2 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-4,6 km/h (2,9 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It mainly eats spadefoot toads and true toads. It also eats salamanders, other frogs, lizards and small mammals, and rarely large invertebrates.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Southern hognose snake
Southern hognose snake. Ifoto: Caudatejake. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • A stout body with a wide neck and a sharply upturned snout1
  • A light brown, yellowish, grey or reddish base colour with a distinct row of dark blotches along the back1
  • Smaller dark blotches alternate with the main blotches along the sides1
  • About 25 rows of keeled (ridged) scales around the middle of the body1
  • Young snakes have a belly that is clearly darker than the underside of the tail. As they age, the underside usually turns pale white1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

It is described as harmless to people.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?

Southern hognose snake malunga ne-61 cm ubude (2 ft)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)Inja malunga ne-1 m (3,3 ft)
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-3 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-78 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Southern hognose snake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Toads make up most of its diet, which sets it apart from many snakes that mainly eat other animals.1

2

Hatchlings are already 15 to 18 cm long, which is a large size for a newborn snake.1

3

Its upturned snout is an adaptation that gives the species its common name.1

4

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources lists it as possibly extirpated (locally extinct) in that state.1

5

It is classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Heterodon simus
Iqela
Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva
Usapho
Colubridae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
uMntla Melika
Iintsana
It lays eggs. Clutches contain 6 to 14 thin-shelled, leathery, whitish eggs, which hatch after 55 to 60 days.1
Imeko yaso endle
Vulnerable (IUCN Red List, assessed 2007)1
Ingozi ebantwini
1 / 5: Kuthambile3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Southern hognose snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heterodon simus (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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