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Castellana

Agkistrodon howardgloydi

Davart il num: Castellana is the feminine Spanish word for Castilian or Spaniard, though how it came to be used for this snake is unclear. The scientific name honours Howard K. Gloyd, an expert on pit vipers.1

Po mazzarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sch'el ta morda, tschertga spert agid.

Vipras da fossa

MorsasMangia: Charn

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

Castellana is a rare pit viper, a venomous snake that lives in dry forests on the Pacific side of Central America. It is a stout, medium-sized snake. Scientists know little about its bites, but lab tests suggest its venom is highly toxic.1

Viva en

Central America: Pacific coast of Honduras, Nicaragua and extreme northwest Costa Rica1

America dal Nord

Pagina iniziala

It lives in tropical dry forest and lowlands on the Pacific coast, from near sea level up to about 600 m. Much of the lowland dry forest in Mesoamerica has been cleared for farming and ranchland.1

Lunghezza

96 cm (3,1 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

Young snakes eat frogs and lizards, while adults eat lizards, mice and rats. Fish, birds, eggs and rodents have also been found in its diet.1

Foto da Castellana — Castellana. Foto: RatioTile. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

A stout, medium-sized snake, up to 96 cm long including the tail.1
Light to medium reddish-brown body with broad brown crossbands: 10 to 14 in males and 13 to 17 in females.1
Two pale stripes on each side of the head.1
Chin and throat are orange or orange-brown, lighter than the belly.1
Large adult males are often very dark. Young snakes are paler, sometimes bright red.1

Savens confundì cun: Copperheads lack the two pale stripes on each side of the face, and cottonmouths lack the loreal scale (a small scale between the eye and nostril). Other cantils have a lower face stripe that runs straight and unbroken, while in this species it dips below the pit.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

Lab tests suggest the venom is highly toxic and similar to that of its close relative Agkistrodon bilineatus, and potentially lethal. No clinical reports of bites had been published as of 1999, so the effects on people are not well documented.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

No clinical reports of bites had been published as of 1999, so there is little human data on its danger. Lab analysis suggests the venom could be lethal.1

Sch'el morda

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 2 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 5 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 100 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Castellana 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)

Castellana circa 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

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

bun da savair

Fatgs

Its diet changes as it grows: young snakes eat cold-blooded prey such as frogs and lizards, while adults eat warm-blooded prey such as mice and rats.1

It is a rare snake, found only along a narrow strip of lowland less than 400 km long.1

In the 1990s, searches in the Gulf of Fonseca area of Honduras found very few, or possibly no, snakes.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Agkistrodon howardgloydi
Gruppa: Vipras da fossa
Famiglia: Viperidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: America dal Nord
Poppins: It gives birth to live young (viviparous), with females giving birth in the rainy season from May to August.1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira: Endangered (2013 assessment, which has no political or legal standing)1
Privel per umans: 4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Agkistrodon howardgloydi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Agkistrodon howardgloydi (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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