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Slender hognosed pitviper

Porthidium ophryomegas
No sokli doktoroSeeɗa tun no wara, kono ŋatgol no haani doktoro.
Wipeeri ngaska ŊatgolNo ñaama: Teewu
Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba mawɗoŊatgol no haani doktoro. Maayde no famɗi sanne.

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

No hoɗi nder
Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica1
Amerik Nord
Hello arano
It lives in seasonally dry forests, including tropical dry forests, arid forests, subtropical dry forests, and the drier parts of tropical moist forests.1
Juutugol
40 cm haa 60 cm (1,3 ft haa 2 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
It eats rodents and lizards. Juveniles feed mostly on lizards, and also on small frogs when they are available.1
Goonga!Natal Slender hognosed pitviper
Slender hognosed pitviper. Natal: Goodshort. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • 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

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Ŋatgol

Tooke no yaltira ñiiƴe mum tuma ngal ŋatata.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

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

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba mawɗoŊatgol no haani doktoro. Maayde no famɗi sanne.

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

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

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

Si no ŋata

  • Haɗu neɗɗo on dillagol, deeƴnu mo, jogo koyngal walla jungo ŋataaɗo on e toownde ɓernde, ittu baagiiji e ko tiiɗi fow, yahra mo lopitaan law.

Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
  • Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • Si gooto e majji ŋatii ma: deeƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911) walla yahu lopitaan law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal no walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Ngal no huutora tooke mum ngam nanngugol ñaamdu walla reenugol hoore mum, ngal ɓuri yiɗugol suuɗaade. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa

Hono mawniri?

Hono juutiri?

Slender hognosed pitviper juuti wona 60 cm (2 ft)Ullundu suudu wona 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu wona 1 m (3,3 ft)
juuti no banaanaaji 3 jokkondirɗino waawi taccugol meeteruuji 100 nder segonde 110 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawugol sokli 9,6)

Hono Slender hognosed pitviper mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?

Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.

Hono yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndugol

Humpito

1

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

2

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

3

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

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Porthidium ophryomegas
Fedde
Wipeeri ngaska
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Nord
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The young are about 15 cm long.1
Musiiba e yimɓe
3 / 5: Musiiba mawɗo3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Porthidium ophryomegas (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Porthidium ophryomegas (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.

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