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Speckled forest pitviper

Bothrops taeniatus
Ku linnya: The specific name taenia comes from the Greek word tainia, meaning ribbon bandage or stripe, a reference to the snake's slender body.1
Kisobola okuttaKisobola okukutta nga tofunye bujjanjabi. Bwe kikuluma, funa obuyambi mangu.
Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

The speckled forest-pitviper is a slender, tree-living snake from the equatorial forests of South America. It is venomous, and it is known mainly from rainforests in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and several neighbouring countries. Few people have been bitten by it, but the bites that have been recorded were serious.1

Kibeera mu
Equatorial forests of South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Bolivia1
Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo
Awaka
This arboreal snake lives in rainforests in lowlands and foothills, and in moist tropical forests. It is usually found in vines and low vegetation in primary forest and along forest edges.1
Obuwanvu
1,8 m (5,7 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 3,7 km/h (2,3 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Speckled forest pitviper
Speckled forest pitviper. Ekifaananyi: TimVickers. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Slender body with a prehensile tail.1
  • Very complex colour pattern, ranging from lavender grey to yellow green.1
  • A row of bold white spots where the dorsal and ventral scales meet.1
  • Mostly single subcaudal scales (the scales under the tail).1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: It is distinguished from other members of the genus Bothrops by its mostly single subcaudal scales and the row of bold white spots where the dorsal and ventral scales meet.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Only two bites from this species have been documented. Both caused severe local swelling of the entire bitten limb. In the second case, tissue damage was so severe that the limb had to be amputated, even though antivenin treatment was given.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

Only two bites have been documented, so little is known about how dangerous this snake is. Both bites caused severe swelling and tissue damage, and one led to amputation.1

Amawulire amalungi: abasawo balina eddagala (antivenom) oba obujjanjabi ku kino.1

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?

Speckled forest pitviper kiwanvu nga 1,8 m (5,7 ft)Omuntu omukulu nga 1,7 m (5,6 ft)Akagaali k'omuntu omukulu nga 1,8 m (5,9 ft)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 4 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 10 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 97 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

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Ebituufu

1

The largest recorded specimen, 175 cm long, came from Tepoe in Suriname.1

2

It is suspected to live mainly in the forest canopy, high above the ground.1

3

Juveniles change colour considerably as they mature into adults.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Bothrops taeniatus
Ekibinja
Pit vipers (emisota egiwulira ebbugumu)
Amaka
Viperidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo
Akabi eri abantu
4 / 5: Kya kabi nnyo3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Bothrops taeniatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothrops taeniatus (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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