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Horseshoe pit viper

Craspedocephalus strigatus
Davart il num: Its common name comes from the pale buff, horseshoe-shaped (inverted "U") mark on the nape of its neck.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 horseshoe pit viper is a venomous snake that lives only in the Western Ghats mountains of southern India. It has a pale horseshoe-shaped mark on the back of its neck, which gives it its common name. It is special because its natural range is very small, possibly the smallest of any pit viper confirmed from India.1

Viva en
Western Ghats of South India, in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, including the Upper Nilgiri Mountains1
Asia
Pagina iniziala
It prefers montane forests, shola patches (small pockets of forest in grassland) and grasslands, at altitudes of 1,100 to 2,400 m. Most sightings are on the ground or on rock formations.1
Lunghezza
40 cm (1,3 ft)3
grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì
Sveltezza maximala
circa 3,2 km/h (2 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It preys on frogs, smaller snakes and small rodents such as mice.1
Propi!Foto da Horseshoe pit viper
Horseshoe pit viper. Foto: Gachand. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • A pale buff, horseshoe-shaped (inverted "U") mark on the nape of the neck.1
  • Pale brownish or buff body with darker grey blotches and some white streaks.1
  • Small internasal scales on the snout.1
  • 21 rows of smooth or weakly keeled scales along the middle of the body.1

Savens confundì cun: It is often grouped with other pit vipers of peninsular India. It can be told apart by its small internasal scales, the second upper lip scale touching the loreal pit (the heat-sensing pit between eye and nostril), 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, and a single row of scales between the lip scales and the eye scales.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

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?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Horseshoe pit viper circa 40 cm lung (1,3 ft)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 2 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè lung sco 12 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 110 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Horseshoe pit viper cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It may be the pit viper confirmed from India with the smallest geographic range of all.1

2

It was historically misidentified and misreported from places outside the Western Ghats, including the Eastern Ghats.1

3

It is terrestrial, spending most of its time on the ground or on rock formations.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: The horseshoe pit viper is found across a wide area, including parts of the Eastern Ghats.

Vardad: Early reports from outside the Western Ghats were misidentifications. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats, in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Craspedocephalus strigatus
Gruppa
Vipras da fossa
Famiglia
Viperidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Asia
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Craspedocephalus strigatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Craspedocephalus strigatus (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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