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Night snake

Hypsiglena torquata
AkunangoziAkunangozi ebantwini. Akukho okufanele ukhathazeke ngakho.
Ingozi ebantwini: KuncaneNjengokuhlatshwa yinyosi noma ngaphansi. Cishe akunangozi ebantwini.

The night snake is a small snake that is most active at dusk and at night. It lives in western Mexico, and it is rarely seen in the Okanagan Valley of Canada. It has rear fangs and mild venom, but it is not dangerous to people.1

Ihlala
Western Mexico; rare sightings in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada1
INyakatho Melika
Ekhaya
Night snakes are often seen at night crossing roads. During the day they hide under rocks, boards, dead branches and other surface litter.1
Ubude
30 cm kuya ku-66 cm (1 ft kuya ku-2.2 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 4.5 km/h (2.8 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
Its main prey is lizards, especially side-blotched lizards and their eggs. It also eats juvenile rattlesnakes, blind snakes, salamanders, frogs and large insects.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Night snake
Night snake. Isithombe: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Pale grey, light brown or beige, with dark grey or brown blotches on the back and sides1
  • A pair of dark brown blotches on the neck1
  • A black or dark brown bar behind each eye1
  • Vertical pupils and a flat, triangular head1
  • A white or yellowish belly1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

The night snake is slightly venomous. It uses its venom to subdue its prey, not to harm people.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

The night snake poses no threat to humans and is not dangerous to people.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

If threatened, it coils up and thrusts its coils at the threat while flattening its head into a triangular defensive shape.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?

Night snake ubude obucishe bube ngu-66 cm (2.2 ft)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)
side njengobhanana abangu-4 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-80 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Night snake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

In British Columbia, only about 20 sightings have been recorded since 1980, so it is very rare there.1

2

Night snakes hibernate during winter and can aestivate during some summer periods.1

3

They are both crepuscular, meaning most active at dawn and dusk, and nocturnal.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Hypsiglena torquata
Iqembu
Izinyoka ezinamazinyo obuthi ngemuva
Umndeni
Colubridae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
INyakatho Melika
Izinsana
Females lay a clutch of 2 to 9 eggs between April and August. The eggs hatch in 7 to 8 weeks, usually in late summer.1
Ingozi ebantwini
1 / 5: Kuncane3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Hypsiglena torquata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hypsiglena torquata (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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