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Àwòrán kátúùnù Desert night snake
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Desert night snake

Hypsiglena chlorophaea
AláìléwuKò léwu fún ènìyàn. Kò sí ohun tó yẹ kí ó dààmú ọ.
Ejò oníyín ẹ̀yìn ÌbùjẹOúnjẹ rẹ̀: Ẹran
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.

The desert nightsnake is a small, slender snake that hunts at night and spends the day hidden. It lives in dry parts of western North America, from the southwestern United States into northwestern Mexico. It is mildly venomous, but it poses no danger to people.1

Ó ń gbé ní
Western and southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico, and a small area of southern British Columbia, Canada1
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Ilé
It lives in dry places such as desert scrub, chaparral, grasslands, oak woodlands and rocky canyons. It spends daylight hours hiding in rock crevices, on talus slopes, under surface debris or in abandoned mammal burrows.1
Gígùn
30 cm sí 66 cm (1 ft sí 2.2 ft)1
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 4.5 km/h (2.8 mph)
Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù
Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?
It is an ambush predator that waits for prey and uses its mild venom to subdue it. It mainly eats small lizards such as skinks and lizard eggs, and will also take small snakes, frogs, salamanders and insects.1
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò Desert night snake
Desert night snake. Fọ́tò: iNaturalist user: nmoorhatch. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • Small and slender, usually 30 to 66 cm long in total.1
  • Base colour is beige, yellowish or grey, with dark grey-brown blotches that usually form offset pairs down the back.1
  • Three long dark blotches on the neck and one behind each eye.1
  • Triangular head with vertical pupils.1
  • Smooth scales on the back and no rattle at the tail.1

A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: It is often mistaken for a juvenile rattlesnake because of its triangular head, vertical pupils and blotched pattern. Unlike a rattlesnake, it has no rattle and its back scales are smooth.1

Agbára oró

Ìbùjẹ

Oró ń jáde láti inú eyín oró tàbí eyín rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó bá bùjẹ.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

It is mildly venomous and uses its venom to subdue prey. It has rear fangs, which are grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw.1

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.

It is mildly venomous and poses no danger to humans.1

Bí ó bá bùjẹ

  • Fọ ibi ìbùjẹ náà, jẹ́ kí ẹni náà farabalẹ̀, kí o sì wá ìrànlọ́wọ́ ìṣègùn. Àwọn irú kan (bí boomslang) lè pani ní wákàtí púpọ̀ lẹ́yìn náà.

Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́

Wà láìléwu

  • Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
  • Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
  • Bí ọ̀kan bá bù ọ́ jẹ: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.

Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu

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Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

Desert night snake gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 66 cm (2.2 ft)Ológbò ilé nǹkan bí 50 cm (1.6 ft)Ajá kan nǹkan bí 1 m (3.3 ft)
ó gùn tó ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ 4 tí a tò tẹ̀léralè sáré mítà 100 ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 80 (ènìyàn tó yára jùlọ nílò 9.6)

Báwo ni Desert night snake ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?

Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.

Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

1

It is a rear-fanged snake, with enlarged grooved teeth at the back of the upper jaw that help it subdue prey.1

2

In Canada, it is federally listed as Endangered, because its small population is threatened by habitat loss.1

3

Females are generally longer and heavier than males.1

4

It is mainly active at night and at dusk, which is why it has the name nightsnake.1

Olùfọ́ àròsọ

Àròsọ: It is a juvenile rattlesnake.

Òtítọ́: It is a separate species. It has no rattle and its back scales are smooth.1

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Hypsiglena chlorophaea
Ẹgbẹ́
Ejò oníyín ẹ̀yìn
Ìdílé
Colubridae2
Ètò
Squamata
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Àwọn ọmọ
It lays eggs. Females lay a single clutch of 2 to 9 eggs, usually around 4, between April and July, hidden in rock crevices or abandoned burrows. The eggs hatch in late summer, and the hatchlings are about 17 cm long.1
Bí ó ṣe ń ṣe nínú igbó
Least Concern globally (IUCN); Endangered in Canada (COSEWIC)1
Ewu fún ènìyàn
1 / 5: Fúyẹ́3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Hypsiglena chlorophaea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hypsiglena chlorophaea (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
  3. Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.

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