Mountain pit viper
Ho lomaThe 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

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
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
Hokae lefatsheng?
E kgolo hakae?
E telele hakae?
e telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 2 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatleng
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 6 tse latellanang
e 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?
Dintlha
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Ovophis monticola (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ovophis monticola (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
- 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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