Hime habu
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

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
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
Wa mu nsi?
Kinene kyenkana wa?
Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 1,5 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukira
kiwanvu nga ndiizi 4 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiriri
kyandisobodde 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?
Ebituufu
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
- Ovophis okinavensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ovophis okinavensis (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
- 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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