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Fea's viper

Azemiops feae
Sobre o nome: It is named after Leonardo Fea, an Italian explorer who collected the first specimen.1
Precisa un médicoRaramente mortal, pero unha mordedura precisa un médico.
Perigo para as persoas: GraveUnha mordedura precisa un médico. As mortes son moi raras.

Fea's viper is a venomous snake that lives in the mountains of Southeast Asia. It is special because scientists once thought it was one of the most primitive vipers, but later studies showed it is more closely related to the pit vipers. It can also be found on roadsides, in rice fields and around homes.1

Vive en
Northern Vietnam, southern China, southeast Myanmar and southeast Tibet1
Asia
Inicio
It lives in mountain areas up to 1000 m, where it prefers cooler climates. It is sometimes found on roadsides, in straw and grass, in rice fields, and in and around homes. In Vietnam it favours forests of bamboo and tree ferns, with rotting leaf litter, rock outcrops and streams.1
Lonxitude
77 cm (2,5 ft)1
Velocidade máxima
uns 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
En terra, estimación aproximada
Que come?
It apparently feeds on small mammals, such as shrews and newborn mice. In captivity it fed only at night, and prey was often not released after being struck.1
De verdade!Foto de Fea's viper
Fea's viper. Foto: Internet Archive Book Images, no known copyright restrictions (public domain). Public domain, iNaturalist.

Como recoñecelo

  • The body is shiny, deep blue-grey to black, with several widely spaced, thin white-orange crossbands.1
  • The head is orange to slightly yellow, with a cross-pattern outlined in grey.1
  • The eyes are yellowish with vertical pupils.1
  • The scales are smooth, not keeled, and arranged in 17 rows at midbody.1
  • Adults are no longer than about 77 cm.1

Poder da pezoña

Morde

A pezoña sae polos seus cairos ou dentes cando morde.

Que fai a súa pezoña?

Its venom is remarkably similar to that of Wagler's viper. Its venom does not cause blood clotting, bleeding or muscle breakdown, according to the studies described. One toxin, azemiopsin, blocks nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in muscles, which interferes with signals that tell muscles to move.1

Que perigoso é para as persoas?

Perigo para as persoas: GraveUnha mordedura precisa un médico. As mortes son moi raras.

Que fai cando ten medo?

When disturbed, it flattens its body to look wider, flares its jaws so the head looks triangular, sometimes vibrates its tail, and then may strike.1

Se morde

  • Mantén a persoa quieta e tranquila, mantén o membro mordido á altura do corazón, quítalle aneis e cousas apertadas e vai rápido a un hospital.

Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos

Mantente a salvo

  • Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
  • Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
  • Se un te morde: mantén a calma, non te movas, chama ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911) ou vai rápido a un hospital. Lembra como era, unha foto axuda.

Non vai a por ti. Usa a súa pezoña para cazar comida ou para defenderse, e prefire con moito agocharse. Máis sobre como estar a salvo

Que tamaño ten?

Canto mide?

Fea's viper mide uns 77 cm (2,5 ft)Un gato doméstico uns 50 cm (1,6 ft)Un can uns 1 m (3,3 ft)
mide coma 4 bananas postas en filapodería percorrer 100 metros en 100 segundos (o humano máis rápido precisa 9,6)

Que tamaño ten Fea's viper comparado CONTIGO?

Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada a ningures.

Que rápido é?

paga a pena sabelo

Datos

1

Its fangs are hollow and rotate, but they are short. It also has a blade-like structure on the underside of the fang, which is seen only in a few other snake groups.1

2

It has large head shields like colubrids and elapids, instead of the many small scales found on most vipers.1

3

It hibernates during the winter, which is unusual for most vipers.1

4

It is thought to be crepuscular, which means it is most active at dusk and dawn, and it is active from early March into late November.1

Desmontamitos

Mito: It is one of the most primitive vipers.

Verdade: It was once thought to be among the most primitive vipers, but molecular studies show it is the sister group to the pit vipers, Crotalinae.1

Para expertos en pezoñas

Nome científico
Azemiops feae
Grupo
Víboras e outras serpes da familia
Familia
Viperidae2
Orde
Squamata
Continentes
Asia
Crías
Unlike most vipers, Fea's viper lays eggs (it is oviparous).1
Perigo para as persoas
3 / 5: Grave3

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Azemiops (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Azemiops feae (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
  3. Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.

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