Twin-spotted rattlesnake
The twin-spotted rattlesnake is a small venomous snake that lives among rocky mountains in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is a pit viper, a group of snakes that use heat-sensing pits to find their prey. No bites to people from this snake have been recorded.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- Ground colour is grey, bluish-grey, brownish-grey, or medium to reddish-brown, usually with fine brown speckling1
- A series of dark blotches runs along the back, often split down the middle to form 39 to 64 pairs1
- It is a small rattlesnake, usually 50 to 60 cm long including the tail1
- It has a rattle at the tail end1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
Its venom is not well studied. Some have suggested it may be highly potent, but little is known about its effects on the body.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.No bites to humans from this snake have been recorded.1
Senza ntoni xa soyika?
It may rattle furiously at people passing by, although the sound can be hard to hear among the rocks. Its colour pattern helps it blend with the light and shadow of the mountains.1
Ukuba siyaluma
- 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.
Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-4 zilandelelana
singagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-110 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)U-Twin-spotted rattlesnake mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
Umqhekezi weentsomi
Intsomi: Its venom is known to be very potent and dangerous to people.
Inyaniso: High potency has only been suggested. Little is known about its venom, and no bites to humans have been recorded.1
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Crotalus pricei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Crotalus pricei (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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