Blotched palm pitviper
The blotched eyelash-pitviper is a venomous snake that lives in the mountain forests of southern Costa Rica and western Panama. It spends much of its time in trees and is active mainly at dusk or at night. Its bite can cause serious bleeding and muscle damage, so it is important to recognise it and keep well away.1

Hoe om dit te herken
- Usually bright green or moss-green, though it can also be bluish-green, reddish-brown or reddish-maroon.1
- Irregular dark blotches run along the back, and these sometimes join to form crossbands.1
- The belly is light in colour.1
- The head has dark stripes and prominent scales above the eyes, which give it the name eyelash-pitviper.1
- Usually 50–60 cm long including the tail, and can reach 80 cm.1
Gifkrag
Gif kom deur sy giftande of tande uit wanneer dit byt.
Wat doen sy gif as dit byt of steek?
Its venom has a potent haemorrhagic action, which damages blood vessels and causes bleeding. It also has moderate myotoxicity, which destroys muscle tissue, and a very weak procoagulant effect, which can slightly speed up clotting.1
Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?
Gevaar vir mense: Ernstig'n Byt moet deur 'n dokter gesien word. Sterftes is baie skaars.
Goeie nuus: dokters het 'n medisyne (teengif) of 'n behandeling hiervoor.1
As dit byt
- Hou die persoon stil en kalm, hou die gebyte arm of been op hartvlak, haal ringe en stywe goed af, en kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit.
Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels
Bly veilig
- Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
- Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
- As een jou byt: bly kalm, bly stil, bel jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911) of kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit. Onthou hoe dit gelyk het, 'n foto help.
Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Dit gebruik sy gif om kos te vang of om homself te beskerm, en kruip baie eerder weg. Meer oor veilig bly
Waar in die wêreld?
Hoe groot is dit?
Hoe lank is dit?
so lank soos 1,5 huiskatte neus tot stert
so lank soos 4 piesangs punt aan punt
kan 100 meter in 110 sekondes aflê (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)Hoe groot is Blotched palm pitviper in vergelyking met JOU?
Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.
Hoe vinnig is dit?
Feite
Unlike most other Bothriechis species, it spends more time on the ground, and it may rest on the ground or at the base of trees and shrubs during the day.1
Its venom has an estimated LD50 of 6.04 mg/kg. LD50 is the dose that is expected to kill half of a test group, so a lower number means a more toxic venom.1
An antivenom made in horses, using venoms from Bothrops asper, Crotalus simus and another snake species, has been reported to neutralise its venom in tests.1
Females are longer and thicker than males, and this is the only difference between the sexes that has been noted.1
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- Bothriechis supraciliaris (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bothriechis supraciliaris (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
- Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.
Elke feit op hierdie bladsy het 'n nommer wat na sy bron wys. As ons iets verkeerd het, jammer, ons is dierfanatici, nie 'n wetenskaplike joernaal nie. Laat weet ons by [email protected] en ons maak dit reg.
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