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White-lipped pit viper

Trimeresurus albolabris
Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kuumwa kunahitaji daktari.
Nyoka wenye vishimo KuumwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The white-lipped pit viper is a venomous snake that lives in trees in Southeast Asia. It is green with pale colouring around the head, which helps it blend in among leaves. Its bite can cause serious harm, so it is important to recognise it and keep well away.1

Anaishi
Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, southern China and Indonesia1
Asia
Nyumbani
This snake lives in trees, as its names 'tree viper' and 'bamboo pit viper' suggest. It is found across several countries in mainland Southeast Asia and on islands of Indonesia.1
Urefu
81 cm (2.7 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 3.5 kwa saa (maili 2.2 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It eats birds, small frogs and small mammals. It does not strike and release its prey. Like many tree-living snakes, it holds on to the prey until the prey dies.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya White-lipped pit viper
White-lipped pit viper. Picha: W.A. Djatmiko. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Green above1
  • The side of the head below the eyes is yellow, white or pale green, much lighter than the rest of the head1
  • The belly is green, yellowish or white1
  • Males have a light stripe along the sides of the body, which females do not have1
  • Maximum length is about 60 cm for males and 81 cm for females1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

The venom is primarily hemotoxic, meaning it mainly damages blood and tissue. It contains procoagulant properties, which make the blood clot. The effects of a bite can range from mild envenoming to death.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

Bites from this species range from mild envenoming to death. There have been many reported bites, but few of them have been fatal.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?

White-lipped pit viper urefu wa takriban 81 cm (2.7 ft)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 1.5 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 5 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 100 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

White-lipped pit viper ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Snakes from India were re-identified in 2022 as a different species, Trimeresurus salazar, so this species is not found in India.1

2

Snakes from the Nicobar Islands have been described as a new species, Trimeresurus davidi.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Trimeresurus albolabris
Kundi
Nyoka wenye vishimo
Familia
Viperidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Asia
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Trimeresurus albolabris (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Trimeresurus albolabris (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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