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Martinique lancehead

Bothrops lanceolatus
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 Martinique lancehead is a large pit viper that lives only on the Caribbean island of Martinique. It is one of the most important venomous snakes in the West Indies, and its picture is on the island's old snake flag.1

E phela
Martinique, a Caribbean island in the Lesser Antilles1
Amerika Leboya
Bolelele
1,5 m ho isa ho 2 m (4,9 ft ho isa ho 6,6 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It eats other animals and waits in ambush for them. Larger snakes take larger prey. It hunts rats, mice, birds, rabbits, lizards, frogs, snakes and bats.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Martinique lancehead
Martinique lancehead. Foto: RatioTile. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Colour is brown, black and grey.1
  • Adults are large, measuring 1.5 to 2 m long.1
  • It is an ambush hunter that waits patiently for prey to wander past.1

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?

Its venom contains toxins that cause clotting and bleeding in humans. It can also damage muscles and cause swelling.1

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?

Martinique lancehead bolelele ba e ka bang 2 m (6,6 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 dikatse tsa lapeng tse 4 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 11 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 86 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Martinique lancehead 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

Each year it returns to the same ambush site in time for the spring migration of birds.1

2

Studies suggest these snakes learn to improve their strike accuracy over time.1

3

It is shown on the 'snake flag' of Martinique, although that flag is now rarely used.1

4

It is one of only a few flags in the world that show a snake, along with the Gadsden flag and the Mexican flag.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Bothrops lanceolatus
Sehlopha
Di-pit viper
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya
Masea
Like other crotalines, it gives birth to live young. The eggs develop inside the mother's body and the babies hatch there, emerging as free-living young.1
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Bothrops lanceolatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothrops lanceolatus (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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