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Slender hognosed pitviper

Porthidium ophryomegas
Ina sokli doktoorHertaani warde, kono ŋatgol ina sokli doktoor.
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiŊatgol ina sokli doktoor. Maayde ina 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

Ina wuuri e
Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica1
Amerik Rewo
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
Juuteendi
40 cm haa 60 cm (1,3 ft haa 2 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko 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.

No anndirte 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

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

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

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiŊatgol ina sokli doktoor. Maayde ina 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

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

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

So ina ŋata

  • Haɗ neɗɗo oo dillaade, deƴƴin mo, jogo terɗe ŋataaɗe ɗee e toownde ɓernde, ittu jabbe e kala ko tiiɗi, yahra mo opitaal law.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So gooto ŋatii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Slender hognosed pitviper hedde 60 cm juutde (2 ft)Ullundu galle hedde 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu hedde 1 m (3,3 ft)
juutde no banaanaaji 3 sammondiraaɗiina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 110 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Slender hognosed pitviper mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

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
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Rewo
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The young are about 15 cm long.1
Bone e yimɓe
3 / 5: Ina tiiɗi3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Porthidium ophryomegas (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Porthidium ophryomegas (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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