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Terciopelo

Bothrops asper

Tentang nama: Terciopelo is Spanish for 'velvet'.1

Membawa mautAntara haiwan paling maut di Bumi. Jika ia menggigit kamu, panggil bantuan dengan segera.Bantuan segera dan antibisa menyelamatkan kebanyakan orang. Hubungi nombor kecemasan dengan segera.

Ular kapak

GigitanMakan: Daging

Bahaya kepada manusia: Membawa mautAntara haiwan paling berbahaya di dunia.

The terciopelo is a large pit viper, one of the biggest vipers in the world. It lives from north-east Mexico through Central America to northern South America. It is important to know because it causes more envenomated snakebites than any other snake in its range.1

Hidup di

North-east Mexico, Central America and northern South America, including Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad1

Amerika Utara, Amerika Selatan

Laman utama

It likes moist places at low to middle elevations, mostly tropical rainforest and evergreen forest, and it is often found near rivers and streams. It is most often met near people, livestock and pets, where it lives close to homes and farms.1

Panjang

1.2 m hingga 2.5 m (3.9 ft hingga 8.2 ft)1

Berat

6 kg (13 lb)1

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 4.2 km/j (2.6 mph)

Di darat, anggaran kasar

Apa yang ia makan?

It is a generalist that eats a wide range of animals, including rats, mice, frogs, lizards, birds, opossums and insects. It waits in leaf litter or under forest cover to ambush prey that come within range at night.1

Gambar Terciopelo — Terciopelo. Gambar: thibaudaronson. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Cara mengenalinya

Broad, flattened head that is clearly set apart from the neck1
Light to dark brown, olive, grey or nearly black body1
Often a yellowish zig-zag line on each side of the body1
Dark triangles with pale edges along the sides of the body1
Pale yellow, cream or whitish grey underside with dark blotches1

Sering dikelirukan dengan: Bothrops atrox is similar in colour, but it usually has yellow or rust-like tones and rectangular or trapezoidal blotches. The terciopelo is often more uniformly brown or grey, with the zig-zag pattern on its sides.1

Kuasa bisa

Gigitan

Bisa keluar melalui taring atau giginya apabila ia menggigit.

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

Bahaya kepada manusia: Membawa mautAntara haiwan paling berbahaya di dunia.

It is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in its range because it is large, has big fangs and a potent venom, and lives close to people. It is responsible for the most envenomated snakebites within its range. Bites usually happen only when the snake is cornered, pursued or threatened.1

Apa yang ia buat apabila takut?

When cornered or threatened, it may perform an S-shaped coiled display and can be very defensive, sometimes suddenly reversing direction to attack.1

Jika ia menggigit

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?

Berapa berat ia?

seberat 1.5 ekor kucing rumah

sepanjang 2.5 ekor anjing dari hidung ke ekorsepanjang 14 biji pisang disusun hujung ke hujunglebih kurang seberat kucing rumahboleh melepasi 100 meter dalam 86 saat (manusia paling laju perlukan 9.6)

Berapa besar Terciopelo 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)

Terciopelo kira-kira 4.2 km/j (2.6 mph)

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

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

Juveniles can lure prey by waving brightly coloured tail tips. Only males have bright tail tips, though both sexes show this behaviour.1

It is one of the largest vipers in the world, and it is often called 'the ultimate pit-viper' by herpetologists.1

Females are much bigger than males. The two sexes are born the same size, but females grow much faster from about 7 to 12 months of age.1

Its home range is small for a pit viper, averaging between about 3.7 and 6 hectares.1

Pemecah mitos

Mitos: Fer-de-lance is the name of one single snake species.

Hakikat: The name fer-de-lance has been used informally for several Bothrops species, including this one. Herpetologists now prefer the name terciopelo for Bothrops asper.1

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Bothrops asper
Kumpulan: Ular kapak
Keluarga: Viperidae2
Susunan: Squamata
Benua-benua: Amerika Utara, Amerika Selatan
Bahaya kepada manusia: 5 / 5: Membawa maut3

Dari mana fakta datang

Bothrops asper (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Bothrops asper (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
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