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Hime habu

Ovophis okinavensis
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 hime habu is a pit viper, a type of venomous snake. It lives on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Amami Islands. It hunts rodents in open fields, especially sugar cane fields.1

Viva en
Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Amami Islands1
Asia
Pagina iniziala
It lives in open woodland, forests, mountains and fields, and in farming areas near streams and ponds. It can also be found around human homes. People are most likely to meet it at night on paths or in crop fields during the day.1
Lunghezza
30 cm fin 80 cm (1 ft fin 2,6 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It hunts rodents and other vertebrates in open areas, especially sugar cane fields. It sometimes hunts near human homes.1
Propi!Foto da Hime habu
Hime habu. Foto: unknown. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Adults are usually 30 to 80 cm long.1
  • The body is pale greenish-brown or yellowish-olive, sometimes pale brown.1
  • It has alternating darker brownish or greenish blotches, each edged with yellowish scales.1
  • The head is large and triangular, clearly wider than the neck, with a narrow dark stripe behind the eye.1

Savens confundì cun: The name Okinawa habu usually refers to a different species, Hon habu (Protobothrops flavoviridis). The mamushi, which is also a local name for this snake in the Amami language, is the common name for the unrelated species Gloydius blomhoffii.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?

Like most vipers, its venom is mainly haemotoxin, which affects the blood, along with factors that damage cells. The venom is relatively weak. Because of this, it is usually not life-threatening.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 is usually not life-threatening. People should still seek medical attention promptly after a bite.1

Sch'el morda

  • Seek medical attention promptly after a bite.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?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Hime habu circa 80 cm lung (2,6 ft)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)
uschè lung sco 1,5 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 4 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 110 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Hime habu cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It can give birth to live young or lay eggs, depending on environmental conditions.1

2

Its venom is weaker than that of many vipers, so no antivenom is made for it.1

3

It is considered a sluggish snake, and people are often bitten when they step on it at night.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: The name Okinawa habu refers to this snake.

Vardad: The name Okinawa habu usually refers to Hon habu (Protobothrops flavoviridis), a different species.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Ovophis okinavensis
Gruppa
Vipras da fossa
Famiglia
Viperidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Asia
Poppins
The snake is both egg-laying and live-bearing. Depending on conditions, females either lay eggs or keep them inside to give birth to live young.1
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Ovophis okinavensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ovophis okinavensis (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. 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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