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Mojave rattlesnake

Crotalus scutulatus
Mayelana negama: The name comes from the Mojave Desert, although little of the snake's range lies inside that desert.1
KungabulalaKungakubulala uma ungelashwa. Uma sikuluma, thola usizo ngokushesha.
Ayifani namanye ama-rattlesnake: inobuthi obuhlasela imizwa futhi ayibaleki. Inxeba lingabukeka lincane kanti izinkinga zokuphefumula zifika emahoreni amaningi kamuva. Njalo yana esibhedlela, ngisho noma inxeba libukeka lingelibi.
Ama-rattlesnake UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

The Mojave rattlesnake is a venomous pit viper that lives in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its venom is among the most studied of any rattlesnake, and it varies a lot from one population to another. Knowing how to recognise it helps people in its range stay safe.1

Ihlala
Southwestern USA (California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Texas) and mainland Mexico, including Sonora and Chihuahua1
INyakatho Melika
Ekhaya
It lives in broad desert valleys and lower mountain slopes, usually in sparse vegetation such as creosote, mesquite, cacti and Joshua trees. It avoids dense plant cover and very rocky ground. In hot weather and in winter it shelters in burrows dug by rodents, tortoises and kit foxes.1
Ubude
1.2 m (4.1 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 3.7 km/h (2.3 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It is an ambush predator, waiting for prey and then striking. It mostly eats small rodents and lizards.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Mojave rattlesnake
Mojave rattlesnake. Isithombe: Lvthn13 at English Wikipedia (Original text: Self-Created). Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Has a row of large diamond-shaped blotches along the back, without the dark speckling found on the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake.1
  • The diamonds usually lack the white edges seen on most Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes.1
  • The tail has pale and dark rings, and the dark rings are often narrower than the pale ones.1
  • The rattle is usually yellow and black, or entirely yellow.1
  • Its back colour ranges from green to brown, grey or yellowish, so colour alone is not a reliable guide.1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: It closely resembles the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, which lives in the same areas. The Mojave rattlesnake has no dark speckling on its back, usually lacks white edges on the diamonds, has a facial stripe that bends toward the neck rather than meeting the mouth, and usually has a yellow or bicoloured rattle rather than a black one. No single trait reliably separates the two.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom comes in two main types. Venom A contains Mojave toxin, a neurotoxic venom that attacks the nerves and can cause delayed respiratory paralysis, meaning the muscles used for breathing fail, with little or no local tissue damage. Venom B has no Mojave toxin and instead contains tissue-destroying enzymes called metalloproteinases.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

For decades this snake has been described as one of the deadliest rattlesnakes, and some sources call it the most dangerous snake in the United States. The danger depends on the population, because the neurotoxic venom is not found everywhere in its range. Some animals in between produce a mix of both venom types.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

It is shy and tends to avoid confrontation, but it will strike and bite vigorously when disturbed, especially if surprised or if there is no nearby vegetation or burrow to escape into.1

Uma siluma

  • Gcina umuntu engashukumi futhi ezolile, gcina isitho esilunyiwe sisezingeni lenhliziyo, khipha izindandatho nezinto eziqinile, bese umusa esibhedlela ngokushesha.

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

Kuphi emhlabeni?

I-AfrikaI-AsiaI-YurophuINyakatho MelikaINingizimu MelikaI-Australia ne-Oceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Mojave rattlesnake ubude obucishe bube ngu-1.2 m (4.1 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-7 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-97 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Mojave rattlesnake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Its venom varies so much between populations that one area was found where the venom is much less lethal to laboratory mice than elsewhere in its range.1

2

Males can grow to a maximum of about 124 cm, making them larger than females.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: Every Mojave rattlesnake bite is extraordinarily deadly.

Iqiniso: The reputation for deadliness comes mainly from the neurotoxic venom, which is found in most populations but not all. Venom from some populations is non-neurotoxic and mainly destroys tissue.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Crotalus scutulatus
Iqembu
Ama-rattlesnake
Umndeni
Viperidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
INyakatho Melika
Izinsana
It bears live young, usually between 2 and 17 (average about eight), from July through September.1
Simo saso endle
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)1
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Kuyingozi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Crotalus scutulatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Crotalus scutulatus (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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