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Whitetail lancehead

Bothrops leucurus

Ku linnya: Its scientific name, leucurus, comes from Latin words meaning 'white' and 'tail'.1

Kisobola okuttaKisobola okukutta nga tofunye bujjanjabi. Bwe kikuluma, funa obuyambi mangu.

Pit vipers (emisota egiwulira ebbugumu)

KirumaKirya: Ennyama

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

The whitetail lancehead is a venomous pit viper, a snake that has heat-sensing pits between its eyes and nostrils. It lives only in Brazil, where it is found in forests and in both towns and countryside. It matters because it causes more snake bites in the state of Bahia than any other snake.1

Kibeera mu

Endemic to Brazil: eastern coast from northern Espírito Santo to Alagoas and Ceará, and inland in parts of Bahia1

Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo

Awaka

It lives in forests and in arid, semi-arid, dry, humid and sub-humid regions. It is found in both urban and rural areas, so people can meet it close to homes.1

Obuwanvu

25 cm okutuuka ku 1,8 m (9,8 in okutuuka ku 6 ft)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 3,9 km/h (2,4 mph)

Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka

Kirya ki?

It eats rodents, lizards, amphibians, snakes and birds. Adults mostly eat rodents, while young snakes mostly eat frogs and lizards.1

Ekifaananyi kya Whitetail lancehead — Whitetail lancehead. Ekifaananyi: No machine-readable author provided. Danleo~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

Colour ranges from tan to reddish-brown.1
The pattern varies, with darker and lighter spots or light diagonal lines along the sides.1
The belly is yellowish or whitish, with dark brown or grey spots and irregular spots on the sides.1
It has 23 to 31 rows of scales along the middle of the body.1
It is a terrestrial snake, so it lives on the ground.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The venom is haemotoxic, meaning it attacks blood and tissue. It breaks down blood clots, damages tissue and causes bleeding, and it can cause muscle death (myonecrosis) in people. Symptoms include local pain, swelling, redness and bruising, bleeding and clotting problems, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, urinary problems, headaches, dizziness, low blood pressure, a slow heartbeat, visual disturbances and tremors.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

It is responsible for the most snake bites in the state of Bahia, Brazil.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

Wa mu nsi?

Afirika Asiya Bulaaya Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 4 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 10 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 92 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Whitetail lancehead kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

Enfuddu nga 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Whitetail lancehead nga 3,9 km/h (2,4 mph)

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

It is one of the snakes responsible for the most bites in Bahia, Brazil.1

It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Bothrops leucurus
Ekibinja: Pit vipers (emisota egiwulira ebbugumu)
Amaka: Viperidae2
Ensengeka: Squamata
Ssemazinga: Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo
Abaana abawere: It gives birth to live young after a gestation period of four months, with a typical litter of 19 young, born between winter and summer.1
Akabi eri abantu: 4 / 5: Kya kabi nnyo3

Ebituufu we biva

Bothrops leucurus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Bothrops leucurus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
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