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Hime habu

Ovophis okinavensis
Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okulumwa kwetaaga omusawo.
Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The hime habu is a pit viper, a type of venomous snake. It lives on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Amami Islands. It hunts rodents in open fields, especially sugar cane fields.1

Kibeera mu
Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Amami Islands1
Asiya
Awaka
It lives in open woodland, forests, mountains and fields, and in farming areas near streams and ponds. It can also be found around human homes. People are most likely to meet it at night on paths or in crop fields during the day.1
Obuwanvu
30 cm okutuuka ku 80 cm (1 ft okutuuka ku 2,6 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It hunts rodents and other vertebrates in open areas, especially sugar cane fields. It sometimes hunts near human homes.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Hime habu
Hime habu. Ekifaananyi: unknown. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Adults are usually 30 to 80 cm long.1
  • The body is pale greenish-brown or yellowish-olive, sometimes pale brown.1
  • It has alternating darker brownish or greenish blotches, each edged with yellowish scales.1
  • The head is large and triangular, clearly wider than the neck, with a narrow dark stripe behind the eye.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: The name Okinawa habu usually refers to a different species, Hon habu (Protobothrops flavoviridis). The mamushi, which is also a local name for this snake in the Amami language, is the common name for the unrelated species Gloydius blomhoffii.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Like most vipers, its venom is mainly haemotoxin, which affects the blood, along with factors that damage cells. The venom is relatively weak. Because of this, it is usually not life-threatening.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

The venom is usually not life-threatening. People should still seek medical attention promptly after a bite.1

Bwe kiruma

  • Seek medical attention promptly after a bite.1
  • 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?

Hime habu kiwanvu nga 80 cm (2,6 ft)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 1,5 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 4 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 110 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Hime habu kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

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Ebituufu

1

It can give birth to live young or lay eggs, depending on environmental conditions.1

2

Its venom is weaker than that of many vipers, so no antivenom is made for it.1

3

It is considered a sluggish snake, and people are often bitten when they step on it at night.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: The name Okinawa habu refers to this snake.

Amazima: The name Okinawa habu usually refers to Hon habu (Protobothrops flavoviridis), a different species.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Ovophis okinavensis
Ekibinja
Pit vipers (emisota egiwulira ebbugumu)
Amaka
Viperidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Asiya
Abaana abawere
The snake is both egg-laying and live-bearing. Depending on conditions, females either lay eggs or keep them inside to give birth to live young.1
Akabi eri abantu
3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Ovophis okinavensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ovophis okinavensis (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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