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Beautiful pit viper

Trimeresurus venustus
Ka lebitso: The Latin word venustus means beautiful, and it refers to the snake's striking, intricate colour scheme.1
E hloka ngakaHa e atise ho bolaya, empa ho longwa ho hloka ngaka.
Di-pit viper Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

The beautiful pit viper is a green snake with brown or reddish-orange bands along its body. It is venomous and lives in the rainforests and hills of southern Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia. It spends most of its time in trees.1

E phela
Southern Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia1
Asia
Lapeng
It is mainly arboreal, living in trees. It can be found up to 700 m above sea level in limestone hills, shaded humid valleys, rubber tree plantations, and both primary and secondary rainforests.1
Bolelele
58 cm (1,9 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It hunts mice, frogs and lizards. It uses heat-sensing pits between its nostrils to find prey.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Beautiful pit viper
Beautiful pit viper. Foto: Rushenb, Thai National Parks. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Vibrant green to olive green body with brown or reddish-orange bands along its length1
  • Males have an olive or bluish-green back, while females have a grass-green back1
  • Green labials (scales on the upper lip) with brown patches, and a dark stripe behind the eye1
  • Triangular head, like all pit vipers1
  • Light orange irises with brown specks1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

A bite causes swelling and discolouration of the skin. It also causes local symptoms such as coagulopathy, a problem with blood clotting. The venom has a moderate level of toxicity.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

The venom has a moderate level of toxicity. All bites should be treated as potentially dangerous.1

Ditaba tse monate: dingaka di na le moriana (antivenom) kapa kalafo bakeng sa sena.1

Haeba e loma

  • All bites should be treated as potentially dangerous. Green pit viper antivenom is used as treatment.1
  • Boloka motho a sa sisinyehe ebile a kgutsitse, boloka setho se lomilweng se lekana le bophahamo ba pelo, tlosa mesale le dintho tse tiileng, mme o mo ise sepetlele kapele.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Beautiful pit viper bolelele ba e ka bang 58 cm (1,9 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 3 tse latellanange telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 18 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 110 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Beautiful pit viper e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

Males and females look different. Males have an olive or bluish-green back, while females have a grass-green back.1

2

Its dorsal scales are strongly keeled, meaning each scale has a raised ridge down its middle.1

3

It is mainly arboreal, and it can be found at heights of up to 700 m.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Trimeresurus venustus
Sehlopha
Di-pit viper
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Asia
Masea
It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs develop and hatch inside the mother, so she gives birth to live young.1
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Trimeresurus venustus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Trimeresurus venustus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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