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Igishushanyo cya Side-striped palm pitviper
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Side-striped palm pitviper

Bothriechis lateralis
Bisaba mugangaNi gake yica, ariko kurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga.
Pit viper IrarumaIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

The side-striped palm pitviper is a green, tree-dwelling snake that lives in the mountain forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. It is venomous, and its bites can be serious, although deaths are rare. Its green colour helps it blend in among the leaves.1

Iba muri
Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama, at 850–980 m altitude1
Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Ahabanza
Lives in lower montane forest, wet forest and rainforest, mostly in the thick leaves of trees and shrubs. It is often found at the base of palm fronds. It can survive in coffee plantations but seems to be slowly disappearing from them, and it is common in some protected areas.1
Uburebure
80 cm (2,6 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
Eats small birds, rodents, lizards and frogs. It uses its prehensile tail to grasp prey as it strikes.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Side-striped palm pitviper
Side-striped palm pitviper. Ifoto: Patrick Gijsbers. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • Emerald to bluish green body with a series of yellow vertical bars along the back1
  • Yellow iris (the coloured part of the eye)1
  • Relatively slender body with a prehensile tail that can grip branches1
  • Juveniles are usually brown with dark markings on the head and a yellow or chartreuse tail tip1
  • Captive adults tend to turn blue over time1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

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.

Bites can be serious, but fatalities are rare.1

Inkuru nziza: abaganga bafite umuti (umuti urwanya ubumara, antivenom) cyangwa uburyo bwo kuvura ibi.1

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

It prefers to stay coiled and still, relying on its camouflage, and will strike quickly if touched.1

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?

Side-striped palm pitviper ireshya hafi 80 cm (2,6 ft)Injangwe yo mu rugo hafi 50 cm (1,6 ft)Imbwa hafi 1 m (3,3 ft)
ireshya n'injangwe zo mu rugo 1,5 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizoireshya n'imineke 4 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 100 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Side-striped palm pitviper ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

1

Its prehensile tail acts as an anchor when resting and helps it grab prey when it strikes.1

2

Blue specimens are sometimes found in the wild, not only in captivity.1

3

Juveniles are brown, and it takes about 18–24 months for them to change to adult colours.1

4

A polyvalent antivenin that covers this species is produced by the Instituto Clodomiro Picado in Costa Rica.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Bothriechis lateralis
Itsinda
Pit viper
Umuryango
Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Akaga ku bantu
3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Bothriechis lateralis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothriechis lateralis (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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