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Ikhathuni ka-Eastern hognose snake
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Eastern hognose snake

Heterodon platirhinos
Mayelana negama: The name comes from Greek. Heterodon means "different tooth", and platirhinos means "broad or flat snout".1
AkunangoziAkunangozi ebantwini. Akukho okufanele ukhathazeke ngakho.
Ingozi ebantwini: KuncaneNjengokuhlatshwa yinyosi noma ngaphansi. Cishe akunangozi ebantwini.

The eastern hognose snake is a stout, rear-fanged snake that lives across eastern and central North America. It has an upturned snout, which it uses for digging in sandy soil. It is mildly venomous, but its venom is aimed at toads and frogs and is not deadly to people.1

Ihlala
Eastern and central North America, from southern Ontario and southern New Hampshire to Texas, Kansas and southern Florida1
INyakatho Melika
Ekhaya
It prefers dry places with sandy or loose soil, such as upland sandy pine forests, old fields and forest edges. At the northern end of its range it has been found to prefer developed lands.1
Ubude
1.2 m (3.8 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 4.9 km/h (3 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It eats mainly amphibians and has a particular fondness for toads. It uses its enlarged rear teeth to puncture and deflate toads before swallowing them whole.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Eastern hognose snake
Eastern hognose snake. Isithombe: evangrimes. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Stout body with an upturned snout1
  • Colour varies widely by area, from red, green or orange to brown, grey or black, sometimes blotched, checkered or plain1
  • Belly is usually a solid grey, yellow or cream colour1
  • The underside of the tail is lighter than the belly1
  • Adults average 71 cm in total length, and females are larger than males1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom is mild and is adapted to amphibian prey. It is delivered through enlarged rear teeth from the Duvernoy's gland. In people who are allergic to the snake's saliva, a bite can cause local swelling, burning, discolouration and bleeding from the wound.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuncaneNjengokuhlatshwa yinyosi noma ngaphansi. Cishe akunangozi ebantwini.

The venom is harmless to most people, and no human deaths have been documented. People who are allergic to its saliva may have local symptoms such as swelling and bleeding.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

It flattens its neck, raises its head like a cobra, hisses and strikes with a closed mouth to bluff. If that fails, it rolls onto its back, plays dead, releases a foul musk and lets its tongue hang out.1

Uma siluma

  • Geza inxeba lokulunywa, gcina umuntu ezolile bese uthola usizo lwezokwelapha. Ezinye izinhlobo (njenge-boomslang) zingabulala emahoreni amaningi kamuva.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuluma: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Eastern hognose snake ubude obucishe bube ngu-1.2 m (3.8 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)Umuntu omdala cishe 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-2.5 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-6 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-73 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Eastern hognose snake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

One individual was seen playing dead for 45 minutes before moving away.1

2

It is resistant to the skin poisons of toads, probably because of its enlarged adrenal glands, which release large amounts of hormones to counter the toxins.1

3

When threatened, it often bluffs by striking with its mouth closed, and it does not try to bite.1

4

It is a rear-fanged snake, and its enlarged teeth are at the back of the upper jaw.1

5

Females can store sperm until spring, so they can be fertilised later.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: The eastern hognose snake is a dangerous, deadly snake.

Iqiniso: It is only mildly venomous, and its venom is aimed at amphibians. No human deaths have been documented, although some people who are allergic to its saliva may have local symptoms.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Heterodon platirhinos
Iqembu
Izinyoka ezinamazinyo obuthi ngemuva
Umndeni
Colubridae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
INyakatho Melika
Izinsana
Females lay up to 40 eggs, with an average of about 25, usually in June or early July. The hatchlings are about 16.5 to 21 cm long.1
Simo saso endle
Least concern (IUCN Red List, assessed 2007). It is a species of increasing conservation concern in the northeastern part of its range.1
Ingozi ebantwini
1 / 5: Kuncane3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Eastern hognose snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heterodon platirhinos (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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