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Emerald horned pitviper

Ophryacus smaragdinus
Ku linnya: Its scientific name combines Greek and Latin words meaning 'brow' or 'needle' (for the horn-like scales over its eyes) and 'emerald-green' (for its body colour).1
Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okulumwa kwetaaga omusawo.
Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The emerald horned pit viper is a pit viper, a type of snake with heat-sensing pits between its eyes and nostrils. It lives only in the mountains of eastern Mexico, where its bright green body helps it blend into the forest. It is special because it is found nowhere else in the world.1

Kibeera mu
Mountains of eastern Mexico: east-central Hidalgo, west-central Veracruz, north-east Puebla and north-central Oaxaca1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Awaka
It lives in montane cloud forest, humid pine-oak woodland and pine forest with secondary vegetation (plant growth that has regrown after earlier disturbance). It is mostly terrestrial, so it spends more time on the ground than in trees.1
Obuwanvu
45 cm okutuuka ku 50 cm (1,5 ft okutuuka ku 1,6 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Emerald horned pitviper
Emerald horned pitviper. Ekifaananyi: Alan Rockefeller. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Body is emerald or olive green, though it can sometimes be brown or tan.1
  • Has 37 to 46 dark blotches on the back, outlined in black, which join to form a wavy dark stripe along the middle of the back.1
  • Has a distinctive white, cream or pale yellow triangular marking on the side of the head.1
  • Has a horn-like scale above each eye that does not touch the eye.1
  • Has no rattle on its tail. Juveniles are grey in colour.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

Bwe kiruma

  • Omuntu muleke ateetambula era ateefu, ekitundu ekirumiddwa kibeere ku buwanvu bw'omutima, ggyamu empeta n'ebintu ebinyweza, era omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'emu ekuluma: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Emerald horned pitviper kiwanvu nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)
kiwanvu nga ndiizi 3 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkiwanvu nga bbulooka 16 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 110 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

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Ebituufu

1

Young snakes are grey, and they take on the green or brown adult colours as they grow.1

2

Its scientific name refers to the horn-like scales above its eyes, which look like small brows or needles.1

3

Its common name comes from its emerald-green body colour.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Ophryacus smaragdinus
Ekibinja
Pit vipers (emisota egiwulira ebbugumu)
Amaka
Viperidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Akabi eri abantu
3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Ophryacus smaragdinus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ophryacus smaragdinus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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