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South American bushmaster

Lachesis muta

Ne din ho asɛm: Its scientific name comes from Lachesis, one of the three Fates in Greek mythology, and muta, Latin for "dumb" or "mute", because it has no rattle.1

Ɛtumi kumƐtumi kum wo sɛ wɔanhwɛ wo yareɛ a. Sɛ ɛka wo a, hwehwɛ mmoa ntɛm.

Pit viper

KaƆdi: Nam

Asiane ma nnipa: Asiane kɛseɛ womƐtumi kum onipa a wɔnhwɛ no yareɛ.

The South American bushmaster is one of the longest vipers in the world, and it is the longest venomous snake in the Western Hemisphere. It lives in the equatorial forests east of the Andes and on the island of Trinidad. Its bite is dangerous, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Ɔte

South America, in equatorial forests east of the Andes, and the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean1

Amerika Anaafoɔ

Fie

It lives in primary and secondary forests and in nearby fields and cleared areas. In Trinidad it tends to prefer hilly and mountainous regions. In Ilhéus, Brazil, a child was bitten after stepping on one on the way out of a house.1

Tenten

2 m kɔsi 3,6 m (6,6 ft kɔsi 12 ft)1

Mu duru

3 kg kɔsi 5 kg (6,6 lb kɔsi 11 lb)1

Ntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)

Asaase so, susuo kɛkɛ

Ɛdi deɛn?

It eats mainly rats and mice. Birds and reptiles are sometimes eaten. Spiny rats are favoured prey in Costa Rica, and rice rats and agoutis are other favourites. It also eats porcupines, squirrels, opossums, squirrel monkeys and frogs.1

South American bushmaster mfonini — South American bushmaster. Mfonini: Christopher Murray. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no

Its ground colour is yellowish, reddish or grey-brown.1
Dark brown or black blotches run along the body, forming inverted triangles on the sides.1
Adults are usually 2 to 2.5 m long, and 3 m is not unusual.1
The head is broad and clearly separate from the narrow neck.1
The tail is short and ends in a spine. When alarmed it vibrates the tail, which makes a loud rustling in undergrowth.1

Wɔtaa fa no sɛ: It is similar in appearance to rattlesnakes. It has no rattle, so its tail vibration sounds like rustling leaves rather than a rattle.1

Bɔre ahoɔden

Bɔre fi ne se mu ba bere a ɔka.

Ne bɔre yɛ dɛn?

Its venom breaks down tissue, stops blood from clotting, and can cause bleeding. It also has effects on the nerves. At the bite there is pain, swelling, bruising, blisters and skin death. Whole-body effects include low blood pressure, dizziness, vision problems, a slow heartbeat, vomiting, diarrhoea and kidney failure.1

Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?

Asiane ma nnipa: Asiane kɛseɛ womƐtumi kum onipa a wɔnhwɛ no yareɛ.

Its bites are often fatal. Lab tests show its venom is weak, but the mortality rate of bite victims is high. In reported cases, a 7-year-old boy in Brazil died about 15 minutes after being bitten, and a 5-year-old child in Mato Grosso went into shock about 30 minutes after a bite and died within 90 minutes.1

Ɛyɛ dɛn bere a ehu aka no?

When threatened it vibrates its tail, which makes a loud rustling sound in the undergrowth.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?

Abibirem Asia Yuropu Amerika Atifi Amerika Anaafoɔ Australia ne Oceania

Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?

Ne tenten te sɛn?

Ne mu duru te sɛn?

ne mu duru te sɛ fie agyinamoa 1

ne tenten te sɛ nkraman 4 a wɔde hwene ne dua to ntoatoasoɔ mune tenten te sɛ kwadu 20 a wɔde to ntoatoasoɔ mune mu duru bɛyɛ sɛ fie agyinamoaɛbɛtumi atu mita 100 wɔ anibu 71 mu (onipa a ɔwɔ ntɛm sen biara hia 9.6)

South American bushmaster 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?

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

South American bushmaster bɛyɛ 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)

Abofra a ɔte sakre so bɛyɛ 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

ɛho hia sɛ wohunu

Nsɛm

It is the longest viper in the world.1

It is the third longest venomous snake in the world, after the king cobra and the black mamba.1

Stress also lowers its venom yield. One specimen's yield fell from 233 mg to 64 mg while it was kept in captivity.1

Its name Lachesis comes from one of the three Fates of Greek mythology, who was said to decide how long a person would live.1

It rarely lives long in captivity, because stress makes it unwell.1

Atosɛm sɛefoɔ

Atosɛm: Its venom is weak, so its bite is not very serious.

Nokorɛ: Lab tests show low toxicity, but bite victims die at a high rate, so the bite is very dangerous.1

Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Lachesis muta
Kuo: Pit viper
Abusua: Viperidae2
Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order): Squamata
Asaase akɛseɛ: Amerika Anaafoɔ
Asiane ma nnipa: 4 / 5: Asiane kɛseɛ wom3

Baabi a nsɛm no fi

Lachesis muta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Lachesis muta (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
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