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Mountain pit viper

Ovophis monticola
E hloka ngakaHa e atise ho bolaya, empa ho longwa ho hloka ngaka.
Di-pit viper Ho loma
Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

The mountain pit viper is a venomous snake found in many parts of Asia, from the Himalayan foothills to Southeast Asia. It is a stout snake that can grow to over a metre long, and it is one of the pit vipers, a group that has heat-sensing pits on the face.1

E phela
Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, West Malaysia and Sumatra (Indonesia)1
Asia
Bolelele
49 cm ho isa ho 1,1 m (1,6 ft ho isa ho 3,6 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
Ka nnete!Foto ya Mountain pit viper
Mountain pit viper. Foto: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Stout body, with a short snout that is a little more than twice the width of the eye1
  • Head covered in small scales rather than large plates1
  • Body scales are smooth or weakly ridged, in 23 to 25 rows at the middle of the body1
  • Females are much longer than males: up to 110 cm, while males reach about 49 cm1

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?

The venom of this species is little studied. It is presumed to contain haemorrhagins, which damage blood vessels and cause bleeding, and procoagulants, which make the blood clot. One fatality from a bite has been recorded.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

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

One death from a bite of this species has been recorded.1

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

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Mountain pit viper bolelele ba e ka bang 1,1 m (3,6 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 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 6 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 110 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Mountain 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

Females grow to about twice the length of males.1

2

Two subspecies are recognised, but recent research suggests most of them should be treated as separate species.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Ovophis monticola
Sehlopha
Di-pit viper
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Asia
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Ovophis monticola (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ovophis monticola (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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