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Slender hognosed pitviper

Porthidium ophryomegas
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 slender hognosed pitviper is a venomous snake from Central America. It lives in seasonally dry forests and usually grows to between 40 and 60 cm long. It strikes hard when threatened, and one death from its bite has been confirmed.1

E phela
Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica1
Amerika Leboya
Lapeng
It lives in seasonally dry forests, including tropical dry forests, arid forests, subtropical dry forests, and the drier parts of tropical moist forests.1
Bolelele
40 cm ho isa ho 60 cm (1,3 ft ho isa ho 2 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It eats rodents and lizards. Juveniles feed mostly on lizards, and also on small frogs when they are available.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Slender hognosed pitviper
Slender hognosed pitviper. Foto: Goodshort. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Slender build.1
  • Ground colour is tan, brown, grey or greyish-brown.1
  • A narrow white, yellow or rust-brown stripe runs along the middle of the back.1
  • It has 24 to 40 dark brown to almost black blotches. Each has thin white borders and sits across or alternates along the back stripe.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?

This is a venomous pitviper. It is quick to strike, and several cases of serious envenomation have needed hospitalisation.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

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

One death was confirmed in August 2022. In a 1979 study of 477 snakebite cases in Costa Rica, three were caused by this snake.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

When threatened, it defends itself vigorously, striking with such force that its body is thrown forwards or even leaves the ground.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?

Slender hognosed pitviper bolelele ba e ka bang 60 cm (2 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 3 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 110 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Slender hognosed 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

The young are born live, at about 15 cm long.1

2

Females grow larger than males. Females are often over 60 cm long, while males are usually about 45 cm.1

3

One exceptional female was reported to measure 77 cm, the longest recorded for this species.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Porthidium ophryomegas
Sehlopha
Di-pit viper
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya
Masea
It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The young are about 15 cm long.1
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Porthidium ophryomegas (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Porthidium ophryomegas (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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