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Urutu

Bothrops alternatus
Ko faati e innde ndee: The scientific name alternatus is Latin for "alternating", apparently because of the staggered markings along its body. The common name urutu refers to the crescent markings on its body.1
Ina waawi wardeIna waawi warde maa so a safraaka. So ŋatii ma, heɓ ballal law.
Bone e yimɓe: Bone sanneIna waawi warde neɗɗo mo safraaka.

The urutu is a large, stout pit viper from South America. It is highly venomous and is an important cause of snakebites in the areas where it lives. Its body has a striking pattern of dark crescent-shaped markings.1

Ina wuuri e
Southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina1
Amerik Worgo
Hello arano
It lives in tropical and semitropical forests, temperate deciduous forests, marshes, swamps, riverbanks, grasslands and cerrado. It is also common in sugarcane plantations, and it is usually absent from dry environments.1
Juuteendi
80 cm haa 1,7 m (2,6 ft haa 5,5 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 3,8 km/h (2,4 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Goonga!Natal Urutu
Urutu. Natal: K. Zyskowski & Y. Bereshpolova. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • Large and stout, most adults are 80 to 120 cm long.1
  • The top of the head is usually chocolate brown to almost black, with tan to white markings.1
  • The body has 22 to 28 dark brown to black markings, each bordered in cream or white. Some look like a cross, and some look like a headphone shape.1
  • The pattern on the tail forms a zigzag.1
  • A dark brown to black stripe runs along the underside from the neck to the tail tip.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

The urutu is highly venomous. Its venom mainly contains phospholipase A2, snake venom metalloproteinases, snake venom serine proteases and C-type lectins. In one study of 32 patients, all had local pain and swelling, 97% had prolonged blood clotting, 41% had bleeding (usually from the gums), 32% had blistering and 9% had necrosis (death of tissue).1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Bone sanneIna waawi warde neɗɗo mo safraaka.

Bites are an important cause of snakebite in its range and often cause severe local tissue damage, but they are rarely fatal. In a survey of 6,601 snakebite cases in Central and South America, 384 were attributed to this species, and 8 of those (2%) were fatal. Some bites have caused gangrene that required amputation, and in 2004 a 44-year-old woman died of a brain bleed after being bitten at home.1

Kabaaru moƴƴo: doktooruuji ina njogii lekki (sérum antivenimeux) walla safaara ngam ɗum.1

So ina ŋata

  • In one Brazilian hospital study, all 32 bitten patients were treated with specific antivenin (antivenom), and none of them died.1
  • 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?

Urutu hedde 1,7 m juutde (5,5 ft)Rawaandu hedde 1 m (3,3 ft)Mawɗo hedde 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
juutde no ulluuɗi galle 3, hinere haa lawoljuutde no banaanaaji 9 sammondiraaɗiina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 95 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Urutu mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Genome sequencing found 59 toxin genes from 16 toxin families.1

2

Its verified maximum length is 169 cm, although reports of over 2 m exist.1

3

Some unusual individuals have dark stripes running the full length of the body.1

4

In some specimens the pattern is so concentrated that the markings and the gaps between them are the same colour.1

5

Females are significantly longer and heavier than males.1

Feññinoowo fenaande

Fenaande: The bite of this snake is almost always deadly.

Goonga: Bites are rarely fatal, although they often cause severe local tissue damage. In one survey, only 2% of cases attributed to this species were fatal.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Bothrops alternatus
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Worgo
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It gives birth to live young, with captive females producing 3 to 12 young and some females producing up to 24. The newborns look like adults but are more brightly coloured, and they can strike venomously from birth.1
Bone e yimɓe
4 / 5: Bone sanne3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Bothrops alternatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothrops alternatus (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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Goɗɗe e nder fedde wootere: Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit

Ina wuuri kadi e: Amerik Worgo

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