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Igishushanyo cya Whitetail lancehead
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Whitetail lancehead

Bothrops leucurus
Ibyerekeye izina: Its scientific name, leucurus, comes from Latin words meaning 'white' and 'tail'.1
Ishobora kwicaIshobora kukwica niba utavuwe. Niba ikurumye, shaka ubufasha vuba.
Pit viper IrarumaIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

The whitetail lancehead is a venomous pit viper, a snake that has heat-sensing pits between its eyes and nostrils. It lives only in Brazil, where it is found in forests and in both towns and countryside. It matters because it causes more snake bites in the state of Bahia than any other snake.1

Iba muri
Endemic to Brazil: eastern coast from northern Espírito Santo to Alagoas and Ceará, and inland in parts of Bahia1
Amerika y'Amajyepfo
Ahabanza
It lives in forests and in arid, semi-arid, dry, humid and sub-humid regions. It is found in both urban and rural areas, so people can meet it close to homes.1
Uburebure
25 cm kugeza kuri 1,8 m (9,8 in kugeza kuri 6 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 3,9 km/h (2,4 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It eats rodents, lizards, amphibians, snakes and birds. Adults mostly eat rodents, while young snakes mostly eat frogs and lizards.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Whitetail lancehead
Whitetail lancehead. Ifoto: No machine-readable author provided. Danleo~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • Colour ranges from tan to reddish-brown.1
  • The pattern varies, with darker and lighter spots or light diagonal lines along the sides.1
  • The belly is yellowish or whitish, with dark brown or grey spots and irregular spots on the sides.1
  • It has 23 to 31 rows of scales along the middle of the body.1
  • It is a terrestrial snake, so it lives on the ground.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

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

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

The venom is haemotoxic, meaning it attacks blood and tissue. It breaks down blood clots, damages tissue and causes bleeding, and it can cause muscle death (myonecrosis) in people. Symptoms include local pain, swelling, redness and bruising, bleeding and clotting problems, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, urinary problems, headaches, dizziness, low blood pressure, a slow heartbeat, visual disturbances and tremors.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

It is responsible for the most snake bites in the state of Bahia, Brazil.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?

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Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

Whitetail lancehead ireshya hafi 1,8 m (6 ft)Igare ry'umuntu mukuru hafi 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Imodoka hafi 4,5 m (15 ft)
ireshya n'injangwe zo mu rugo 4 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizoireshya n'imineke 10 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 92 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Whitetail lancehead 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

It is one of the snakes responsible for the most bites in Bahia, Brazil.1

2

It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Bothrops leucurus
Itsinda
Pit viper
Umuryango
Viperidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Amerika y'Amajyepfo
Abana bato
It gives birth to live young after a gestation period of four months, with a typical litter of 19 young, born between winter and summer.1
Akaga ku bantu
4 / 5: Iteje akaga cyane3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Bothrops leucurus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothrops leucurus (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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