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Western hognose snake

Heterodon nasicus

Malunga negama: "Hognose" comes from its upturned nose, which looks hog-like. The scientific name nasicus comes from the Latin nasus, meaning "nose".1

AsinangoziAsinangozi ebantwini. Akukho nto yokukhathazeka ngayo.

Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

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

The western hognose snake is a small, stout-bodied snake with an upturned nose that looks a bit like a pig's snout. It lives across much of North America, from southern Canada to northern Mexico, in sandy and gravelly places such as prairies and grasslands. It is often mistaken for a rattlesnake, but its bite is not regarded as dangerous to people.1

Sihlala

Southern Canada, through the United States, to northern Mexico. Endemic to North America.1

uMntla Melika

Ekhaya

It favours areas with sandy or gravelly soils, including prairies, river floodplains, scrub, grasslands, semi-deserts and some semi-agricultural land. It has been found at elevations of up to 2,500 m (8,200 feet).1

Ubude

13 cm ukuya ku-50 cm (5,1 in ukuya ku-1,6 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-4,7 km/h (2,9 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It mainly eats amphibians, such as large and medium tree frogs, small or medium toads and small lizards, and occasionally a rodent. It is not a true constrictor, so it bites and chews, driving its rear fangs into prey.1

Ifoto ka-Western hognose snake — Western hognose snake. Ifoto: Peter Paplanus. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Relatively small and stout-bodied, with adults rarely exceeding 40–50 cm in total length, tail included.1
A modified, upturned nose scale gives it a distinctive hog-like snout.1
Colour and pattern vary a great deal between subspecies and individuals.1
When threatened, it flattens its neck, hisses and may puff up its throat with air.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: To an untrained eye, most individuals look much like rattlesnakes, which is thought to be a form of mimicry that makes predators wary. Its upturned snout and small, stout body are features to note.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The snake releases modified saliva from its Duvernoy's glands, which runs down a groove in its rear fang and helps break down the toxins of toads it eats. No deaths or whole-body (systemic) effects in people have been recorded from its bite. Bites may occasionally be medically significant.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

The species is not dangerous to people and is not regarded as venomous. Its bites are extremely rare, and no deaths or systemic effects have been recorded. Bites may uncommonly be medically significant.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

It flattens its neck, hisses and may make mock strikes with its mouth closed. If harassed further, it usually plays dead rather than biting.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-3 zilandelelanaubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-16 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-77 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Western hognose 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)

Western hognose snake malunga ne-4,7 km/h (2,9 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Captive breeders have produced more than 50 'designer' colour morphs of this snake.1

In captivity, many hognose snakes refuse food for about two to three and a half months, from January to mid March, because they instinctively brumate, or sleep, underground in winter.1

Males are considerably smaller than females.1

Hatchlings reach sexual maturity after about two years, based mostly on size rather than age.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Because it looks like a rattlesnake, it must be dangerous or deadly.

Inyaniso: The western hognose snake is not dangerous to people. Its rare bites have not caused recorded deaths or whole-body effects, and it usually plays dead instead of biting.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Heterodon nasicus
Iqela: Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva
Usapho: Colubridae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: uMntla Melika
Iintsana: It lays eggs. Females lay 4–23 elongate, thin-shelled eggs between June and August, which hatch after about 60 days.1
Imeko yaso endle: Least Concern (IUCN)1
Ingozi ebantwini: 1 / 5: Kuthambile3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Western hognose snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Heterodon nasicus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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