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Brazilian lancehead

Bothrops moojeni
Nezvezita: The specific name moojeni honours the Brazilian zoologist João Moojen de Oliveira (1904–1985).1
Inogona kuurayaInogona kukuuraya kana usina kurapwa. Kana ikakuruma, wana rubatsiro nokukurumidza.
Mapit viper InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

The Brazilian lancehead is a highly venomous snake, a type of pit viper, found in South America. It lives in forests and open woodland in Brazil and nearby countries, and it hunts mostly at night. Its venom damages muscle and blood, so bites need urgent medical care.1

Inogara mu
Northern Argentina, eastern Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay, in South America.1
Amerika yeKumaodzanyemba
Kumba
It lives in Araucaria moist forests and the Cerrado. The species is terrestrial, so it lives on the ground.1
Kureba
2,3 m (7,5 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 4 km/h (2,5 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It preys on small mammals, birds, lizards, snakes and amphibians.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waBrazilian lancehead
Brazilian lancehead. Mufananidzo: (Greg Hume). CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Tan, grey-brown or olive-grey body with 14–21 trapezoidal side markings that are dark grey or black.1
  • Belly is usually white or cream, with scattered dark grey spots.1
  • Broad head is flattened into a lance shape when seen from above, and is distinct from the narrow neck.1
  • Eyes have vertically elliptical (cat-like) pupils.1
  • Juveniles have a white tail.1

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

Its venom is haemolytic (it breaks down red blood cells) and proteolytic (it breaks down proteins). A muscle-damaging component causes necrosis, meaning the muscle tissue dies, and the venom also stops blood from clotting. Symptoms may include intense local pain, swelling and muscle death, and the venom can cause severe bleeding and strokes.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

This snake is highly venomous. Its venom can cause severe haemorrhage (serious bleeding) and strokes.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

It is considered very defensive.1

Kana ikaruma

  • Chengeta munhu asingafambe uye akadzikama, chengeta nhengo yakarumwa yakaenzana nemwoyo, bvisa mhete nezvinhu zvakasunga, uende kuchipatara nokukurumidza.

Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga

Gara wakachengeteka

  • Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
  • Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
  • Kana imwe ikakuruma: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Brazilian lancehead kunenge 2,3 m kureba (7,5 ft)Bhasikoro remunhu mukuru kunenge 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Motokari kunenge 4,5 m (15 ft)
yakareba sekatsi dzepamba 5 kubva pamhuno kusvika kumusweyakareba semabhanana 13 akateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 90 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Brazilian lancehead yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

The venom contains a clotting-related enzyme that can trigger disseminated intravascular coagulation, a serious condition where blood clots and bleeds at the same time.1

2

Its venom contains a wide range of enzymes, including a muscle-damaging myotoxin.1

3

The venom yield of adult females averages 335 mg, while newborns average 63 mg.1

4

It is one of several pit vipers with heat-sensing pits, which help it find prey in the dark.1

5

It is nocturnal, so it is most active at night.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Bothrops moojeni
Boka
Mapit viper
Mhuri
Viperidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Amerika yeKumaodzanyemba
Vacheche
It gives birth to live young (viviparous). Gestation lasts around four months, it happens once a year, and a litter is usually 12–14 newborns.1
Makore ekurarama
kunenge makore 151
Ngozi kuvanhu
4 / 5: Ine ngozi zvikuru3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Bothrops moojeni (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothrops moojeni (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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