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Terciopelo

Bothrops asper
Ka lebitso: Terciopelo is Spanish for 'velvet'.1
E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse bolayang ka ho fetisisa Lefatsheng. Ha e ka o loma, bitsa thuso hang-hang.Thuso e potlakileng le antivenom di pholosa batho ba bangata. Letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso hang-hang.
Di-pit viper Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse kotsi ka ho fetisisa lefatsheng.

The terciopelo is a large pit viper, one of the biggest vipers in the world. It lives from north-east Mexico through Central America to northern South America. It is important to know because it causes more envenomated snakebites than any other snake in its range.1

E phela
North-east Mexico, Central America and northern South America, including Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad1
Amerika Leboya, Amerika Borwa
Lapeng
It likes moist places at low to middle elevations, mostly tropical rainforest and evergreen forest, and it is often found near rivers and streams. It is most often met near people, livestock and pets, where it lives close to homes and farms.1
Bolelele
1,2 m ho isa ho 2,5 m (3,9 ft ho isa ho 8,2 ft)1
Boima
6 kg (13 lb)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It is a generalist that eats a wide range of animals, including rats, mice, frogs, lizards, birds, opossums and insects. It waits in leaf litter or under forest cover to ambush prey that come within range at night.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Terciopelo
Terciopelo. Foto: thibaudaronson. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Broad, flattened head that is clearly set apart from the neck1
  • Light to dark brown, olive, grey or nearly black body1
  • Often a yellowish zig-zag line on each side of the body1
  • Dark triangles with pale edges along the sides of the body1
  • Pale yellow, cream or whitish grey underside with dark blotches1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: Bothrops atrox is similar in colour, but it usually has yellow or rust-like tones and rectangular or trapezoidal blotches. The terciopelo is often more uniformly brown or grey, with the zig-zag pattern on its sides.1

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 a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse kotsi ka ho fetisisa lefatsheng.

It is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in its range because it is large, has big fangs and a potent venom, and lives close to people. It is responsible for the most envenomated snakebites within its range. Bites usually happen only when the snake is cornered, pursued or threatened.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

When cornered or threatened, it may perform an S-shaped coiled display and can be very defensive, sometimes suddenly reversing direction to attack.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?

Terciopelo bolelele ba e ka bang 2,5 m (8,2 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 boima hakae?

e boima jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 1,5
e telele jwaloka dintja tse 2,5 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 14 tse latellanange boima jwaloka katse ya lapenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 86 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Terciopelo 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

Juveniles can lure prey by waving brightly coloured tail tips. Only males have bright tail tips, though both sexes show this behaviour.1

2

It is one of the largest vipers in the world, and it is often called 'the ultimate pit-viper' by herpetologists.1

3

Females are much bigger than males. The two sexes are born the same size, but females grow much faster from about 7 to 12 months of age.1

4

Its home range is small for a pit viper, averaging between about 3.7 and 6 hectares.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: Fer-de-lance is the name of one single snake species.

Nnete: The name fer-de-lance has been used informally for several Bothrops species, including this one. Herpetologists now prefer the name terciopelo for Bothrops asper.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Bothrops asper
Sehlopha
Di-pit viper
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya, Amerika Borwa
Kotsi ho batho
5 / 5: E a bolaya3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

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