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Slender hognosed pitviper

Porthidium ophryomegas

Ɛhia dɔkotaƐntaa nkum, nanso sɛ ɛka wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn.

KaƆdi: Nam

Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ denSɛ ɛka wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn. Ɛntaa nkum obi koraa.

The slender hognosed pitviper is a venomous snake from Central America. It lives in seasonally dry forests and usually grows to between 40 and 60 cm long. It strikes hard when threatened, and one death from its bite has been confirmed.1

Ɔte

Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica1

Amerika Atifi

Fie

It lives in seasonally dry forests, including tropical dry forests, arid forests, subtropical dry forests, and the drier parts of tropical moist forests.1

Tenten

40 cm kɔsi 60 cm (1,3 ft kɔsi 2 ft)1

Ntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Asaase so, susuo kɛkɛ

Ɛdi deɛn?

It eats rodents and lizards. Juveniles feed mostly on lizards, and also on small frogs when they are available.1

Slender hognosed pitviper mfonini — Slender hognosed pitviper. Mfonini: Goodshort. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no

Slender build.1
Ground colour is tan, brown, grey or greyish-brown.1
A narrow white, yellow or rust-brown stripe runs along the middle of the back.1
It has 24 to 40 dark brown to almost black blotches. Each has thin white borders and sits across or alternates along the back stripe.1

Bɔre ahoɔden

Bɔre fi ne se mu ba bere a ɔka.

Ne bɔre yɛ dɛn?

This is a venomous pitviper. It is quick to strike, and several cases of serious envenomation have needed hospitalisation.1

Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?

Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ denSɛ ɛka wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn. Ɛntaa nkum obi koraa.

One death was confirmed in August 2022. In a 1979 study of 477 snakebite cases in Costa Rica, three were caused by this snake.1

Ɛyɛ dɛn bere a ehu aka no?

When threatened, it defends itself vigorously, striking with such force that its body is thrown forwards or even leaves the ground.1

Sɛ ɛka a

Ma onipa no ntena dinn na ne bo nnwo, ma nsa anaa nan a ɛkaa no no nna pɛpɛɛpɛ ne ne koma (ɛnkɔ soro, ɛnsiane fam), yi kawa ne nneɛma a ɛkyere no den, na kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm.

Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw

Hwɛ wo ho so

Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
Sɛ baako ka wo a: ma wo bo nnwo, tena dinn, frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911) anaa kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm. Kae sɛdeɛ na ɛte, mfonini bɛboa.

Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ɛde ne bɔre kyere aduane anaa ɛbɔ ne ho ban, na ɛpɛ sɛ ɛhinta sene biribiara. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho

Wiase mu baabi bɛn?

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Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?

Ne tenten te sɛn?

ne tenten te sɛ kwadu 3 a wɔde to ntoatoasoɔ muɛbɛtumi atu mita 100 wɔ anibu 110 mu (onipa a ɔwɔ ntɛm sen biara hia 9.6)

Slender hognosed pitviper kɛseɛ te sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?

Akontabuo kɛkɛ wɔ wo browser mu. Wɔnkora hwee, na wɔmfa hwee nkɔ baabiara.

Ne ntɛm te sɛn?

Akyekyedeɛ bɛyɛ 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Slender hognosed pitviper bɛyɛ 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Onipa a ɔrenante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

ɛho hia sɛ wohunu

Nsɛm

The young are born live, at about 15 cm long.1

Females grow larger than males. Females are often over 60 cm long, while males are usually about 45 cm.1

One exceptional female was reported to measure 77 cm, the longest recorded for this species.1

Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Porthidium ophryomegas
Kuo: Pit viper
Abusua: Viperidae2
Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order): Squamata
Asaase akɛseɛ: Amerika Atifi
Mmofra nketewa: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The young are about 15 cm long.1
Asiane ma nnipa: 3 / 5: Ɛyɛ den3

Baabi a nsɛm no fi

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