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Slender hognosed pitviper

Porthidium ophryomegas

Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kuumwa kunahitaji daktari.

Nyoka wenye vishimo

KuumwaHula: Nyama

Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

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

Anaishi

Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica1

Amerika Kaskazini

Nyumbani

It lives in seasonally dry forests, including tropical dry forests, arid forests, subtropical dry forests, and the drier parts of tropical moist forests.1

Urefu

40 cm hadi 60 cm (1.3 ft hadi 2 ft)1

Kasi ya juu

takriban km 3.3 kwa saa (maili 2.1 kwa saa)

Nchi kavu, makadirio

Hula nini?

It eats rodents and lizards. Juveniles feed mostly on lizards, and also on small frogs when they are available.1

Picha ya Slender hognosed pitviper — Slender hognosed pitviper. Picha: Goodshort. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

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

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

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

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

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

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When threatened, it defends itself vigorously, striking with such force that its body is thrown forwards or even leaves the ground.1

Akiuma

Mweke mtu bila kutikisika na mtulivu, weka kiungo kilichoumwa usawa wa moyo, ondoa pete na vitu vinavyobana, na umpeleke hospitali haraka.

Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza

Kaa salama

Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
Akikuuma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.

Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama

Wapi duniani?

Afrika Asia Ulaya Amerika Kaskazini Amerika Kusini Australia na Oceania

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

urefu sawa na ndizi 3 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 110 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Slender hognosed pitviper ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

Kobe takriban km 0.3 kwa saa (0.19 mph)

Slender hognosed pitviper takriban km 3.3 kwa saa (2.1 mph)

Mtu anayetembea takriban km 5 kwa saa (3.1 mph)

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

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

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

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

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi: Porthidium ophryomegas
Kundi: Nyoka wenye vishimo
Familia: Viperidae2
Mpangilio: Squamata
Mabara: Amerika Kaskazini
Watoto: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The young are about 15 cm long.1
Hatari kwa watu: 3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

Porthidium ophryomegas (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Porthidium ophryomegas (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
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