Mexican jumping pitviper
IrarumaThe Mexican jumping pit viper is a short, stout snake with a patterned body of dark blotches. It lives only in eastern Mexico, mostly in forests and lowlands. It is a pit viper, a group of snakes that includes many venomous species.1

Uko wayimenya
- Adults are short and very stout, usually 46 to 61 cm in total length.1
- The body is tan, light brown or grey, with about 20 dark brown or black diamond-shaped (rhomboid) blotches along the back.1
- The lower tips of the blotches often join spots on the sides to form narrow crossbands.1
- The top of the head is dark, with dark stripes running back from the eyes, and the side of the head is lighter.1
- The belly is whitish, sometimes with dark brown blotches.1
Ikunze kwitiranywa na: Young bushmasters (Lachesis muta) have been mistaken for this snake. The Mexican jumping pit viper can be told apart because it lacks the specialised tail tip of the bushmaster.1
Imbaraga z'ubumara
Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.
Niba iruma
- Umuntu agume atanyeganyega kandi atuje, urugingo rwarumwe rugume ku rwego rumwe n'umutima, mukuremo impeta n'ibindi bintu bifashe cyane, kandi mujye ku bitaro vuba.
Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze
Irinde akaga
- Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
- Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
- Niba imwe ikurumye: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.
Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda
Ingana gute?
Ireshya ite?
ireshya n'imineke 3 ikurikiranye
yakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 110 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)Mexican jumping pitviper ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
Its body is covered with strongly keeled scales, which have a raised ridge along the middle; in large individuals the scales are tubercular, meaning they have small bumps.1
The species has been known from cloud forest as well as rain forest, which makes it one of the more varied habitats for a pit viper in this region.1
Usenya ibinyoma
Ikinyoma: It is a young bushmaster.
Ukuri: It is a separate species. It has been mistaken for young bushmasters, but it lacks the bushmaster's specialised tail tip.1
Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara
- Izina rya siyansi
- Metlapilcoatlus nummifer
- Itsinda
- Pit viper
- Umuryango
- Viperidae2
- Itsinda rinini (order)
- Squamata
- Imigabane
- Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
- Uko imeze mu gasozi
- Least Concern (IUCN Red List, assessed March 2007, marked as needing updating); classed as threatened by the government of Mexico1
- Akaga ku bantu
- 3 / 5: Ikomeye3
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Metlapilcoatlus nummifer (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Metlapilcoatlus nummifer (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
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