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Hump-nosed viper

Hypnale hypnale

Boleh membunuhBoleh membunuh kamu tanpa rawatan. Jika ia menggigit kamu, dapatkan bantuan dengan cepat.

Gigitan

Bahaya kepada manusia: Sangat berbahayaIa boleh membunuh orang yang tidak mendapat rawatan.

The hump-nosed viper is a small, stout pit viper with an upturned snout that ends in a hump. It lives in India and Sri Lanka, in jungle and coffee plantations. It matters because its bite can cause serious harm, and for a long time it was wrongly thought to be harmless.1

Hidup di

Peninsular India, up to the Western Ghats as far north as 16° N, and Sri Lanka1

Asia

Laman utama

It lives in dense jungle and coffee plantations in hilly areas. It spends the day in leaf litter and thick bushes, and it is active in the early morning and at night. It is sometimes found basking on stream sides at sunrise.1

Panjang

30 cm hingga 45 cm (1 ft hingga 1.5 ft)1

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 3.2 km/j (2 mph)

Di darat, anggaran kasar

Gambar Hump-nosed viper — Hump-nosed viper. Gambar: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

Grey or greyish body with heavy brown mottling1
A double row of large dark spots running along the body1
A pointed snout that turns upwards and ends in a hump1
A brownish or yellowish belly with dark mottling1
The tip of the tail is yellow or reddish1

Kuasa bisa

Gigitan

Bisa keluar melalui taring atau giginya apabila ia menggigit.

Apa kesan bisanya?

Its venom causes coagulopathy, a problem with blood clotting, and acute renal failure, which is sudden kidney failure. If a bite is not treated within a few hours, it can be fatal to people.1

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

Bahaya kepada manusia: Sangat berbahayaIa boleh membunuh orang yang tidak mendapat rawatan.

Bites were once thought to be harmless, but they are now known to be serious. It is the snake that causes the highest number of recorded snake bites in Sri Lanka. It is now considered highly venomous and is one of the medically important venomous snakes in Sri Lanka and on the south-west coast of India.1

Apa yang ia buat apabila takut?

When annoyed it vibrates its tail, a warning behaviour it shares with other pit vipers such as rattlesnakes, and it can make fast strikes despite being a slow mover.1

Jika ia menggigit

Bites need medical treatment within a few hours. An antivenom is being developed and tested in Sri Lanka.1
Pastikan orang itu tidak bergerak dan tenang, letakkan anggota yang digigit pada paras jantung, tanggalkan cincin dan barang yang ketat, dan pergi ke hospital dengan segera.

Sentiasa hubungi nombor kecemasan dahulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan cemas umum, bukan nasihat perubatan. Asas pertolongan cemas

Kekal selamat

Jangan sesekali sentuh, tangkap atau usik haiwan liar, walaupun yang kecil, dan walaupun ia nampak tidur atau mati.
Beri ia ruang. Jika kamu terjumpa, bertenang, undur perlahan-lahan dan biarkan ia pergi.
Jika ia menggigit kamu: bertenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nombor kecemasan (112, 000, 911) atau pergi ke hospital dengan segera. Ingat rupanya, gambar boleh membantu.

Ia bukan mahu memburu kamu. Ia guna bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia lebih suka bersembunyi. Lagi tentang keselamatan

Di mana di dunia?

Afrika Asia Eropah Amerika Utara Amerika Selatan Australia & Oceania

Berapa besar ia?

Berapa panjang ia?

sepanjang 2.5 biji pisang disusun hujung ke hujungsepanjang 14 blok binaan mainan disusun sebarisboleh melepasi 100 meter dalam 110 saat (manusia paling laju perlukan 9.6)

Berapa besar Hump-nosed viper berbanding KAMU?

Hanya matematik dalam pelayar kamu. Tiada apa yang disimpan atau dihantar ke mana-mana.

Berapa laju ia?

Kura-kura darat kira-kira 0.3 km/j (0.19 mph)

Hump-nosed viper kira-kira 3.2 km/j (2 mph)

Orang berjalan kira-kira 5 km/j (3.1 mph)

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

For a long time its bites were thought to be harmless, but they are now known to cause serious complications.1

It causes more recorded snake bites in Sri Lanka than any other snake.1

It vibrates its tail when annoyed, a behaviour it shares with rattlesnakes.1

Although it is a slow mover, it can make fast strikes.1

Females give birth to live young, with broods of 4 to 17 newborns.1

Pemecah mitos

Mitos: Its bites are harmless.

Hakikat: Its bites can cause serious complications, including blood clotting problems and kidney failure, and can be fatal if not treated within a few hours.1

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Hypnale hypnale
Kumpulan: Ular kapak
Keluarga: Viperidae2
Susunan: Squamata
Benua-benua: Asia
Anak: It bears live young, usually from March through July. A brood ranges from 4 to 17 newborns, each about 13 to 14.5 cm long.1
Bahaya kepada manusia: 4 / 5: Sangat berbahaya3

Dari mana fakta datang

Hypnale hypnale (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Hypnale hypnale (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
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