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Twin-spotted rattlesnake

Crotalus pricei
Mayelana negama: Its scientific name, pricei, honours William Wightman "Billy" Price, a field biologist who collected the first specimens.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Ama-rattlesnake UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The twin-spotted rattlesnake is a small venomous snake that lives among rocky mountains in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is a pit viper, a group of snakes that use heat-sensing pits to find their prey. No bites to people from this snake have been recorded.1

Ihlala
Southwestern United States (south-eastern Arizona) and northern Mexico, including Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango and parts of Coahuila and Nuevo León1
INyakatho Melika
Ekhaya
It lives amid mountain rocks, where nights are often cold. Its range covers the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental mountain ranges.1
Ubude
66 cm (2.2 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 3.3 km/h (2.1 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It hunts small rodents and lizards.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Twin-spotted rattlesnake
Twin-spotted rattlesnake. Isithombe: Juan Cruzado Cortés. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Ground colour is grey, bluish-grey, brownish-grey, or medium to reddish-brown, usually with fine brown speckling1
  • A series of dark blotches runs along the back, often split down the middle to form 39 to 64 pairs1
  • It is a small rattlesnake, usually 50 to 60 cm long including the tail1
  • It has a rattle at the tail end1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom is not well studied. Some have suggested it may be highly potent, but little is known about its effects on the body.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

No bites to humans from this snake have been recorded.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

It may rattle furiously at people passing by, although the sound can be hard to hear among the rocks. Its colour pattern helps it blend with the light and shadow of the mountains.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?

Twin-spotted rattlesnake 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-110 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Twin-spotted rattlesnake mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Its blotchy pattern looks bizarre to us, but it helps the snake blend into the mountain rocks.1

2

Its rattle can be sounded furiously, yet it can be hard to hear in its rocky home.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: Its venom is known to be very potent and dangerous to people.

Iqiniso: High potency has only been suggested. Little is known about its venom, and no bites to humans have been recorded.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Crotalus pricei
Iqembu
Ama-rattlesnake
Umndeni
Viperidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
INyakatho Melika
Simo saso endle
Least Concern1
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

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