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Side-striped palm pitviper

Bothriechis lateralis
E hloka ngakaHa e atise ho bolaya, empa ho longwa ho hloka ngaka.
Di-pit viper Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

The side-striped palm pitviper is a green, tree-dwelling snake that lives in the mountain forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. It is venomous, and its bites can be serious, although deaths are rare. Its green colour helps it blend in among the leaves.1

E phela
Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama, at 850–980 m altitude1
Amerika Leboya
Lapeng
Lives in lower montane forest, wet forest and rainforest, mostly in the thick leaves of trees and shrubs. It is often found at the base of palm fronds. It can survive in coffee plantations but seems to be slowly disappearing from them, and it is common in some protected areas.1
Bolelele
80 cm (2,6 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
Eats small birds, rodents, lizards and frogs. It uses its prehensile tail to grasp prey as it strikes.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Side-striped palm pitviper
Side-striped palm pitviper. Foto: Patrick Gijsbers. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Emerald to bluish green body with a series of yellow vertical bars along the back1
  • Yellow iris (the coloured part of the eye)1
  • Relatively slender body with a prehensile tail that can grip branches1
  • Juveniles are usually brown with dark markings on the head and a yellow or chartreuse tail tip1
  • Captive adults tend to turn blue over time1

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 tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

Bites can be serious, but fatalities are rare.1

Ditaba tse monate: dingaka di na le moriana (antivenom) kapa kalafo bakeng sa sena.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

It prefers to stay coiled and still, relying on its camouflage, and will strike quickly if touched.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?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Side-striped palm pitviper bolelele ba e ka bang 80 cm (2,6 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)
e telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 1,5 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 4 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 100 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Side-striped palm 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

Its prehensile tail acts as an anchor when resting and helps it grab prey when it strikes.1

2

Blue specimens are sometimes found in the wild, not only in captivity.1

3

Juveniles are brown, and it takes about 18–24 months for them to change to adult colours.1

4

A polyvalent antivenin that covers this species is produced by the Instituto Clodomiro Picado in Costa Rica.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Bothriechis lateralis
Sehlopha
Di-pit viper
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Bothriechis lateralis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothriechis lateralis (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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