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Speckled forest pitviper

Bothrops taeniatus
Kuhusu jina: The specific name taenia comes from the Greek word tainia, meaning ribbon bandage or stripe, a reference to the snake's slender body.1
Anaweza kuuaAnaweza kukuua bila matibabu. Akikuuma, tafuta msaada haraka.
Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.

The speckled forest-pitviper is a slender, tree-living snake from the equatorial forests of South America. It is venomous, and it is known mainly from rainforests in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and several neighbouring countries. Few people have been bitten by it, but the bites that have been recorded were serious.1

Anaishi
Equatorial forests of South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Bolivia1
Amerika Kusini
Nyumbani
This arboreal snake lives in rainforests in lowlands and foothills, and in moist tropical forests. It is usually found in vines and low vegetation in primary forest and along forest edges.1
Urefu
1.8 m (5.7 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 3.7 kwa saa (maili 2.3 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Speckled forest pitviper
Speckled forest pitviper. Picha: TimVickers. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Slender body with a prehensile tail.1
  • Very complex colour pattern, ranging from lavender grey to yellow green.1
  • A row of bold white spots where the dorsal and ventral scales meet.1
  • Mostly single subcaudal scales (the scales under the tail).1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: It is distinguished from other members of the genus Bothrops by its mostly single subcaudal scales and the row of bold white spots where the dorsal and ventral scales meet.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Only two bites from this species have been documented. Both caused severe local swelling of the entire bitten limb. In the second case, tissue damage was so severe that the limb had to be amputated, even though antivenin treatment was given.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.

Only two bites have been documented, so little is known about how dangerous this snake is. Both bites caused severe swelling and tissue damage, and one led to amputation.1

Habari njema: madaktari wana dawa (ya kuzuia sumu) au matibabu ya hili.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

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Speckled forest pitviper urefu wa takriban 1.8 m (5.7 ft)Mtu mzima takriban 1.7 m (5.6 ft)Baiskeli ya mtu mzima takriban 1.8 m (5.9 ft)
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 4 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 10 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 97 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Speckled forest pitviper ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

The largest recorded specimen, 175 cm long, came from Tepoe in Suriname.1

2

It is suspected to live mainly in the forest canopy, high above the ground.1

3

Juveniles change colour considerably as they mature into adults.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Bothrops taeniatus
Kundi
Nyoka wenye vishimo
Familia
Viperidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Amerika Kusini
Hatari kwa watu
4 / 5: Hatari sana3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Bothrops taeniatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothrops taeniatus (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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