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Ecuadorian toadheaded pitviper

Bothrocophias campbelli
Ka lebitso: The scientific name honours Jonathan A. Campbell, an American herpetologist (a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians).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 Ecuadorian toadheaded pitviper is a venomous snake that lives in the forests of western South America. It is found only in that region and is a member of the pitviper family. Its name honours an American scientist who studied snakes.1

E phela
Pacific lowlands and slopes from west-central Colombia to Ecuador, South America only1
Amerika Borwa
Lapeng
It lives in forest, at heights of 800 to 2,000 metres above sea level. Its range covers the Pacific lowlands and the slopes of the hills and mountains there.1
Bolelele
87 cm ho isa ho 1,2 m (2,9 ft ho isa ho 4 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,7 km/h (2,3 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It eats caecilians (legless, worm-like amphibians), lizards, snakes of the genus Atractus, and small rodents.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Ecuadorian toadheaded pitviper
Ecuadorian toadheaded pitviper. Foto: Santiago Ron. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Its body has 21 to 25 rows of scales at the middle of the body, usually 23.1
  • Most of its body scales have a ridge down the middle (keeled). The scales near the back of the body have small bumps on the ridge, even in small snakes.1
  • In large adults, the ridges on the back scales are highly raised.1
  • Adults are large. The specimens measured range from about 87 cm to about 123 cm long, including the tail.1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: It was once grouped with Bothrops pulcher, a related pitviper, and was long treated as part of that species. Scientists later found it to be a separate species.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?

Ecuadorian toadheaded pitviper bolelele ba e ka bang 1,2 m (4 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)Motho e moholo e ka bang 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
e telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 2,5 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 7 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 97 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Ecuadorian toadheaded pitviper 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

It is viviparous, meaning the female gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1

2

Its genus, Bothrocophias, was created in 2001 and is known as the toadheaded pitvipers.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: It is just a form of Bothrops pulcher.

Nnete: For many years it was grouped with Bothrops pulcher. Its own scientific name is valid, and it is recognised as a separate species.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Bothrocophias campbelli
Sehlopha
Di-pit viper
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Borwa
Masea
It gives birth to live young (viviparous).1
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Bothrocophias campbelli (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothrocophias campbelli (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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