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Central American bushmaster

Lachesis stenophrys
Ka lebitso: The specific name stenophrys comes from Greek words meaning "narrow" and "brow" or "eyebrow".1
E ka bolayaE ka o bolaya ntle le kalafo. Ha e ka o loma, fumana thuso kapele.
Di-pit viper Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

The Central American bushmaster is a large pit viper that lives in the rainforests of Central America. It is a heavy, long snake, and adults commonly grow to more than 200 cm. It hunts at night on the forest floor.1

E phela
Atlantic lowlands of southern Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; Pacific lowlands of central and eastern Panama1
Amerika Leboya
Lapeng
It lives in tropical rainforest and lower montane wet forest, where annual rainfall is very heavy, often 2,000 to 4,000 mm. In drier parts of Nicaragua it is found in gallery forests and seasonally dry forests, but always near water. It is hardly ever found outside old growth forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,100 m.1
Bolelele
2 m ho isa ho 3,6 m (6,6 ft ho isa ho 12 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 4,9 km/h (3 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It mainly preys on spiny rats and other small rodents.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Central American bushmaster
Central American bushmaster. Foto: TimVickers. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Adults commonly grow to more than 200 cm, and may exceed 330 cm including the tail.1
  • Broadly rounded head with a snout that is not raised.1
  • A pronounced ridge running along the middle of the back, most distinct on the last quarter of the body.1
  • Colour pattern is darker than that of Lachesis muta.1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: Lachesis muta is a close relative. The Central American bushmaster has a darker colour pattern than L. muta.1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

Haeba e loma

  • 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?

Central American bushmaster bolelele ba e ka bang 3,6 m (12 ft)Baesekele ya motho e moholo e ka bang 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Koloi e ka bang 4,5 m (15 ft)
e telele jwaloka dintja tse 4 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 20 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 73 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Central American bushmaster 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

A Costa Rican specimen recorded by Ditmars in 1910 measured 349 cm (11 feet 4 inches).1

2

It needs very wet conditions and is rarely found outside old growth forest.1

3

It is terrestrial and nocturnal, meaning it lives on the ground and is active at night.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Lachesis stenophrys
Sehlopha
Di-pit viper
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya
Masea
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Lachesis stenophrys (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Lachesis stenophrys (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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