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Taylor's cantil

Agkistrodon taylori
Mayelana negama: The name honours American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor, and "cantil" probably comes from a Tzeltal word meaning yellow lips.1
KungabulalaKungakubulala uma ungelashwa. Uma sikuluma, thola usizo ngokushesha.
Ama-pit viper UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

Taylor's cantil is a stout, venomous pitviper that lives only in northeastern Mexico. It is rare in the wild, and it is known to be very defensive when approached or restrained. Its name honours Edward Harrison Taylor, a herpetologist who studied the reptiles and amphibians of Mexico.1

Ihlala
Endemic to Mexico, mainly southern Tamaulipas, with records in nearby parts of Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz and Hidalgo.1
INyakatho Melika
Ekhaya
It lives on the Gulf Coastal Plain and the lower foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, in thorn scrub, tropical deciduous forest and grassland. It is sometimes said to prefer the edges between scrubland and forest near rocky limestone outcrops.1
Ubude
64 cm kuya ku-96 cm (2.1 ft kuya ku-3.1 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 3.5 km/h (2.2 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Taylor's cantil
Taylor's cantil. Isithombe: unknown. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Two bold white or yellowish stripes run along each side of the face.1
  • The body has a pattern of black and grey-brown bands, accented with white, yellow and orange.1
  • Males are noticeably darker than females, and some older males become nearly black.1
  • The tail ends in a small, downturned, spine-like scale.1
  • Adults are stout and medium-sized, usually 64 to 90 cm long.1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: Other members of the genus Agkistrodon differ in several ways. The cottonmouth and Conant's cantil lack the loreal scale that Taylor's cantil has, and the copperhead and broad-banded cantil lack its face stripes. Taylor's cantil also has fewer subcaudal scales than the other cantils, 45 to 56 in males and 40 to 47 in females.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom is believed to be similar to that of its close relative, the cantil Agkistrodon bilineatus. The venom is considered potentially fatal.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

No case reports of human envenomations have been published. Because the snake is rare and its venom is thought to be potentially fatal, it is treated with caution.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

It is not overtly aggressive, but it is very defensive, with a volatile temper, and may be quick to strike when approached, threatened or restrained.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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Taylor's cantil ubude obucishe bube ngu-96 cm (3.1 ft)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-2 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-5 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-100 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Taylor's cantil mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Only a handful of specimens were known for decades. A 1948 to 1953 field study in Tamaulipas yielded just three specimens over 14 months of fieldwork.1

2

It is the only species in its genus with an obvious difference in colour between males and females.1

3

It was first collected in 1938 crawling on a highway, and it was not formally described as a subspecies until 1951.1

4

Its tail is proportionately shorter than in other cantils, making up 16 to 19% of total length in males and 13 to 18% in females.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Agkistrodon taylori
Iqembu
Ama-pit viper
Umndeni
Viperidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
INyakatho Melika
Izinsana
It gives birth to live young, usually in litters of 3 to 10.1
Simo saso endle
Threatened (listed as a threatened species in Mexico)1
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Kuyingozi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Agkistrodon taylori (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Agkistrodon taylori (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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