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Slender hognosed pitviper

Porthidium ophryomegas
Inoda chirembaHaiwanzouraya, asi kurumwa kunoda chiremba.
Mapit viper InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKurumwa kunoda chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

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

Inogara mu
Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica1
Amerika yeKuchamhembe
Kumba
It lives in seasonally dry forests, including tropical dry forests, arid forests, subtropical dry forests, and the drier parts of tropical moist forests.1
Kureba
40 cm kusvika 60 cm (1,3 ft kusvika 2 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It eats rodents and lizards. Juveniles feed mostly on lizards, and also on small frogs when they are available.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waSlender hognosed pitviper
Slender hognosed pitviper. Mufananidzo: Goodshort. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • 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

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

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

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKurumwa kunoda chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

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

Inoitei kana yatya?

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

Slender hognosed pitviper kunenge 60 cm kureba (2 ft)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)Imbwa kunenge 1 m (3,3 ft)
yakareba semabhanana 3 akateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 110 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Slender hognosed pitviper yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

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

2

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

3

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

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Porthidium ophryomegas
Boka
Mapit viper
Mhuri
Viperidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Amerika yeKuchamhembe
Vacheche
It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The young are about 15 cm long.1
Ngozi kuvanhu
3 / 5: Yakakomba3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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