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Habu

Protobothrops flavoviridis

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.

The habu is a venomous pit viper that lives on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Amami Islands. It is the largest member of its genus, Protobothrops. Its bite is serious, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Viva en

Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Amami Islands1

Asia

Pagina iniziala

The habu lives on the larger volcanic islands, but not on the smaller coral islands. It is often found where palm forest meets cultivated fields, and also on rock walls, in old tombs and in caves. It often enters homes and other buildings in search of rats and mice.1

Lunghezza

1,2 m fin 2,4 m (3,9 ft fin 7,9 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

The habu hunts rats and mice, and it often enters homes in search of them.1

Foto da Habu — Habu. Foto: B. P. White. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Typically 120 to 150 cm long, including the tail, and slender with a large head1
Light olive or brown body with elongated dark green or brownish blotches1
Blotches have yellow edges, sometimes yellow spots, and often join to form wavy stripes1
Whitish belly with dark edges1
Crown of the head covered with small scales1

Savens confundì cun: In Okinawa Prefecture, the name habu can also refer to the Sakishima habu (Protobothrops elegans), also called the elegant pit viper. This is a different species.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?

The venom is highly toxic and contains cytotoxin, which damages body cells, and hemorrhagin, which damages blood vessels and causes bleeding. A bite can cause nausea, vomiting and low blood pressure, and it can possibly cause death. Some victims have lost movement in their hands and legs, even after treatment.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

The Amami Islands have about two snakebites per 1,000 people, which is considered very high. The fatality rate is less than 1%. Bites are not life-threatening if the victim receives medical care promptly, but 6 to 8% of victims suffer permanent disability.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

The habu is bold and irritable, and it can strike quickly from a long reach.1

Sch'el morda

Get medical care promptly. With prompt medical care, bites are not life-threatening.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 5 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 13 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 86 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Habu 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)

Habu circa 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)

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

bun da savair

Fatgs

On Okinawa, habus are heavily collected to make habushu, a liquor made from awamori sake, which is said to have medicinal properties.1

Unlike most pit vipers, the habu lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young.1

Hatchlings are about 25 cm long and look the same as the adults.1

The small Indian mongoose was introduced to Okinawa in 1910 to reduce the habu population. The effects of this have not been studied, but similar introductions have harmed native wildlife.1

The habu is the largest member of its genus, Protobothrops.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Protobothrops flavoviridis
Gruppa: Vipras da fossa
Famiglia: Viperidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: Asia
Poppins: Unlike most pit vipers, the habu lays eggs. Up to 18 eggs are laid in mid-summer, and the hatchlings are about 25 cm long and look like adults.1
Privel per umans: 4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Protobothrops flavoviridis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Protobothrops flavoviridis (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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