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Slender hognosed pitviper

Porthidium ophryomegas

Bisaba mugangaNi gake yica, ariko kurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga.

IrarumaIrya: Inyama

Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

The slender hognosed pitviper is a venomous snake from Central America. It lives in seasonally dry forests and usually grows to between 40 and 60 cm long. It strikes hard when threatened, and one death from its bite has been confirmed.1

Iba muri

Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica1

Amerika y'Amajyaruguru

Ahabanza

It lives in seasonally dry forests, including tropical dry forests, arid forests, subtropical dry forests, and the drier parts of tropical moist forests.1

Uburebure

40 cm kugeza kuri 60 cm (1,3 ft kugeza kuri 2 ft)1

Umuvuduko wo hejuru

hafi 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije

Irya iki?

It eats rodents and lizards. Juveniles feed mostly on lizards, and also on small frogs when they are available.1

Ifoto ya Slender hognosed pitviper — Slender hognosed pitviper. Ifoto: Goodshort. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

Slender build.1
Ground colour is tan, brown, grey or greyish-brown.1
A narrow white, yellow or rust-brown stripe runs along the middle of the back.1
It has 24 to 40 dark brown to almost black blotches. Each has thin white borders and sits across or alternates along the back stripe.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

This is a venomous pitviper. It is quick to strike, and several cases of serious envenomation have needed hospitalisation.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

One death was confirmed in August 2022. In a 1979 study of 477 snakebite cases in Costa Rica, three were caused by this snake.1

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

When threatened, it defends itself vigorously, striking with such force that its body is thrown forwards or even leaves the ground.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

Ni hehe ku isi?

Afurika Aziya Uburayi Amerika y'Amajyaruguru Amerika y'Amajyepfo Ositaraliya na Oseyaniya

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

ireshya n'imineke 3 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 110 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Slender hognosed pitviper ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

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

Yihuta gute?

Akanyamasyo hafi 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Slender hognosed pitviper hafi 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Umuntu ugenda n'amaguru hafi 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

The young are born live, at about 15 cm long.1

Females grow larger than males. Females are often over 60 cm long, while males are usually about 45 cm.1

One exceptional female was reported to measure 77 cm, the longest recorded for this species.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi: Porthidium ophryomegas
Itsinda: Pit viper
Umuryango: Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order): Squamata
Imigabane: Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Abana bato: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The young are about 15 cm long.1
Akaga ku bantu: 3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

Porthidium ophryomegas (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Porthidium ophryomegas (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
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