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Beautiful pit viper

Trimeresurus venustus

Davart il num: The Latin word venustus means beautiful, and it refers to the snake's striking, intricate colour scheme.1

Dovra in mediDarar mortal, ma ina morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi.

Vipras da fossa

MorsasMangia: Charn

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The beautiful pit viper is a green snake with brown or reddish-orange bands along its body. It is venomous and lives in the rainforests and hills of southern Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia. It spends most of its time in trees.1

Viva en

Southern Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia1

Asia

Pagina iniziala

It is mainly arboreal, living in trees. It can be found up to 700 m above sea level in limestone hills, shaded humid valleys, rubber tree plantations, and both primary and secondary rainforests.1

Lunghezza

58 cm (1,9 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It hunts mice, frogs and lizards. It uses heat-sensing pits between its nostrils to find prey.1

Foto da Beautiful pit viper — Beautiful pit viper. Foto: Rushenb, Thai National Parks. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

Vibrant green to olive green body with brown or reddish-orange bands along its length1
Males have an olive or bluish-green back, while females have a grass-green back1
Green labials (scales on the upper lip) with brown patches, and a dark stripe behind the eye1
Triangular head, like all pit vipers1
Light orange irises with brown specks1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

A bite causes swelling and discolouration of the skin. It also causes local symptoms such as coagulopathy, a problem with blood clotting. The venom has a moderate level of toxicity.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The venom has a moderate level of toxicity. All bites should be treated as potentially dangerous.1

Bunas novitads: ils medis han in medicament (antiserum) u in tractament per quai.1

Sch'el morda

All bites should be treated as potentially dangerous. Green pit viper antivenom is used as treatment.1
Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta, tegna il member mors a l'autezza dal cor, prenda giu anels e chaussas strenschidas e va spert en in ospital.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

uschè lung sco 3 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè lung sco 18 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 110 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Beautiful pit viper cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Beautiful pit viper circa 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

Males and females look different. Males have an olive or bluish-green back, while females have a grass-green back.1

Its dorsal scales are strongly keeled, meaning each scale has a raised ridge down its middle.1

It is mainly arboreal, and it can be found at heights of up to 700 m.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Trimeresurus venustus
Gruppa: Vipras da fossa
Famiglia: Viperidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Asia
Poppins: It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs develop and hatch inside the mother, so she gives birth to live young.1
Privel per umans: 3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Trimeresurus venustus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Trimeresurus venustus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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