Habu
The habu is a venomous pit viper that lives on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Amami Islands. It is the largest member of its genus, Protobothrops. Its bite is serious, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Maziviro ayo
- Typically 120 to 150 cm long, including the tail, and slender with a large head1
- Light olive or brown body with elongated dark green or brownish blotches1
- Blotches have yellow edges, sometimes yellow spots, and often join to form wavy stripes1
- Whitish belly with dark edges1
- Crown of the head covered with small scales1
Inowanzovhiringidzwa ne: In Okinawa Prefecture, the name habu can also refer to the Sakishima habu (Protobothrops elegans), also called the elegant pit viper. This is a different species.1
Simba reuturu
Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.
Uturu hwayo hunoitei?
The venom is highly toxic and contains cytotoxin, which damages body cells, and hemorrhagin, which damages blood vessels and causes bleeding. A bite can cause nausea, vomiting and low blood pressure, and it can possibly cause death. Some victims have lost movement in their hands and legs, even after treatment.1
Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.The Amami Islands have about two snakebites per 1,000 people, which is considered very high. The fatality rate is less than 1%. Bites are not life-threatening if the victim receives medical care promptly, but 6 to 8% of victims suffer permanent disability.1
Inoitei kana yatya?
The habu is bold and irritable, and it can strike quickly from a long reach.1
Kana ikaruma
- Get medical care promptly. With prompt medical care, bites are not life-threatening.1
- 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?
yakareba sekatsi dzepamba 5 kubva pamhuno kusvika kumuswe
yakareba semabhanana 13 akateedzana
inogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 86 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)Habu yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?
Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.
Inomhanya zvakadii?
Chokwadi
On Okinawa, habus are heavily collected to make habushu, a liquor made from awamori sake, which is said to have medicinal properties.1
Unlike most pit vipers, the habu lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young.1
Hatchlings are about 25 cm long and look the same as the adults.1
The small Indian mongoose was introduced to Okinawa in 1910 to reduce the habu population. The effects of this have not been studied, but similar introductions have harmed native wildlife.1
The habu is the largest member of its genus, Protobothrops.1
Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu
Kwakabva chokwadi
- Protobothrops flavoviridis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Protobothrops flavoviridis (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
- Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.
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