Introduction to the Night Snake

ʻO ka Nahesa Po (Hypsiglena torquata) he nahesa liʻiliʻi ʻona ʻole no ka ʻohana Colubridae. Loaʻa mua ia ma ke komohana hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Mekiko, e noho ana i nā ʻano wahi like ʻole, e like me nā wao nahele, nā mauʻu, a me nā wahi pōhaku. ʻOiai ka inoa o ka Night Snake, ʻaʻole ia i ka pō, no ka mea hiki ke hana i ke ao. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi mākou i nā ʻano kino a me ke ʻano o kēia ʻano nahesa hoihoi.

Nā hiʻohiʻona kino o ka Nahesa Po

He kino wiwi ko ka Night Snake me ke ʻano cylindrical, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokele ma waena o nā māwae haiki a me nā lua. He ʻano lōʻihi kona kino, me ka awelika lōʻihi mai 8 a 14 iniha, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ulu a hiki i 20 iniha. He ʻāʻī ʻokoʻa kona a he huelo lōʻihi liʻiliʻi.

Ka waihoʻoluʻu a me nā hiʻohiʻona o ka Night Snake

Hōʻike ka Night Snake i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka waihoʻoluʻu a me nā hiʻohiʻona ma waena o kona laulā. ʻO ka waihoʻoluʻu maʻamau he ʻeleʻele hina a ʻeleʻele paha, me nā hōʻailona ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke ʻano o nā blotches, speckles, a i ʻole nā ​​kaula, e pili ana i ka subspecies a me ka wahi ʻāina. ʻOi aku ka māmā o ka ʻōpū o ka Night Snake i ka waihoʻoluʻu, keʻokeʻo pinepine a i ʻole ka ʻaila, a he mau wahi ʻeleʻele liʻiliʻi paha kona.

ʻO ke kino a me ka nui o ka Nahesa Po

He ʻano snake kino ka Night Snake i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻano nahesa ʻē aʻe. Ua uhi ʻia kona kino i nā unahi paheʻe, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻōlinolino. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā unahi ma nā lālani ʻokoʻa ma ka lōʻihi o kona kino. ʻO nā unahi ma ka ʻaoʻao ventral o ka nahesa ua ʻoi aku ka laulā a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi ma mua o nā mea ma ka ʻaoʻao hope, e kōkua ana i ka holo ʻana a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ke kuʻekuʻe i ka lepo.

ʻO ke poʻo a me nā hiʻohiʻona o ka Night Snake

He poʻo liʻiliʻi a pālahalaha iki ka Night Snake, ʻoi aku ka laulā ma mua o kona ʻāʻī. He ʻano oval kona poʻo, me ka ihu ʻokoʻa. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā unahi ma ke poʻo a ʻoi aku ka paʻa o ka paʻa ma mua o nā mea ma ke kino, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona maʻalahi. Aia nā puka ihu ma nā ʻaoʻao o ka ihu, e ʻae ai i ka nahesa e ʻike i nā mea ʻala i kona kaiapuni.

Nānā i nā maka o ka Nahesa Po

Nui nā maka o ka Night Snake i ka nui o kona kino. He poepoe kona mau maka a hoonohoia ma na aoao o ke poo, e haawi ana i kahi akea o ka ike. He elliptical pololei nā haumāna, he ʻano ia o nā holoholona pō. ʻO kēia hoʻololi ʻana e hiki ai i ka nahesa ke hōʻiliʻili i ka mālamalama i nā kūlana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, e hoʻonui ai i kona hiki ke hahai i ka pō.

Ka nānā 'ana i nā unahi o ka Night Snake

Ua uhi ʻia ke kino o ka Night Snake i nā unahi paʻa, kahi mea e pale ai. ʻO kēia mau unahi he keele, ʻo ia hoʻi, he kualono ko lākou ma lalo o ke kikowaena, e hāʻawi ana iā lākou i kahi ʻano ʻano ʻala. Hāʻawi nā unahi keeled i ka nahesa me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka huki ʻana ma nā ʻaoʻao like ʻole a kōkua i ka piʻi ʻana. ʻOkoʻa loa nā unahi ma ka huelo, e hana ana i nā kuamoʻo liʻiliʻi, hāpai ʻia.

Nā hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o ka Night Snake

ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o ka Night Snake, ʻo ia kona mau unahi kiele, kahi i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai nā ʻano nahesa like ʻole. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa a i ʻole nā ​​​​hōʻailona ma kona kino, i hui pū ʻia me kona ʻano kino a me ke poʻo liʻiliʻi, e kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i ka Night Snake mai kona mau hoa.

ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka morphology huelo o ka Night Snake

He huelo lōʻihi a liʻiliʻi ka Night Snake, aia ma kahi o ka hapakolu o kona lōʻihi o ke kino. He prehensile ka huelo, ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki iā ia ke hopu a paʻa i nā mea, kōkua i ka nahesa i ka piʻi ʻana a mālama i ke kaulike. ʻO nā kualono kūʻokoʻa i hana ʻia e nā unahi ma ka huelo e kōkua i kona hiki ke hopu.

Kūkākūkā no ka holo ʻana o ka Nahesa Po

Ke neʻe nei ka Night Snake me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi ʻano locomotion i kapa ʻia ʻo rectilinear locomotion. ʻO kēia ʻano hana e pili ana ka nahesa i ka ʻaelike ʻana a me ka hoʻolōʻihi ʻana i kona mau ʻiʻo e paʻi i ka lepo, e ʻae iā ia e neʻe i mua ma kahi laina pololei. He mea pono loa kēia ʻano locomotion no ka Night Snake ke hoʻokele i nā wahi haiki a i ʻole nā ​​lua.

ʻO nā ʻano like ʻole i ke ʻano o ka Night Snake

ʻOiai ke hōʻike pinepine nei ka Night Snake i ka waihoʻoluʻu a me ke ʻano maʻamau, aia nā ʻano like ʻole ma waena o nā subspecies a me nā ʻāpana ʻāina. No ka laʻana, ʻoi aku ka māmā o ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka Great Basin Night Snake (Hypsiglena torquata deserticola) a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me California Night Snake (Hypsiglena torquata klauberi), he ʻeleʻele kona ʻano me nā kiko.

Ka Hopena: Ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana i ke ʻano o ka Night Snake

I ka hopena, ʻo ka Night Snake he nahesa liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻohe mea make me ke kino lohi, ke ʻano cylindrical, a me ka ʻāʻī ʻokoʻa. Aia kona waihoʻoluʻu mai ka hina ʻeleʻele a i ʻole ʻeleʻele me nā ʻili ʻeleʻele a i ʻole nā ​​kaula. Ua palahalaha iki ke poo o ka Nahesa Po, me na maka nunui, poepoe, a me na haumana elliptic. Ua uhi ʻia kona kino i nā unahi keele, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻano ʻano ʻala, a ua paʻa ka huelo me nā kua. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka helehelena o ka Night Snake e hiki ai iā ia ke hoʻololi i nā ʻano nohona like ʻole a hoʻokele pono i kona kaiapuni.