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Black-headed bushmaster

Lachesis melanocephala

Ka ga leina: The scientific name melanocephala refers to the black top of the head.1

E ka bolayaE ka go bolaya fa o sa alafiwe. Fa e go loma, batla thuso ka bonako.

Divaepara tsa mesima (pit vipers)

Go lomaE ja: Nama

Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.

The black-headed bushmaster is a large pit viper, a type of snake that senses heat with pits on its face. It lives in the rainforests of Costa Rica and Panama, and it is named for the uniform black top of its head.1

E tshela kwa

Costa Rica and Panama. In Costa Rica it is found on the Pacific side of southeastern Puntarenas province.1

Amerika Bokone

Gae

It lives in tropical rainforest, from near sea level up to about 1,500 m (4,900 feet).1

Boleele

1,9 m go ya go 2,4 m (6,2 ft go ya go 7,9 ft)1

Lebelo le le kwa godimo

e ka nna 4,8 km/h (3 mph)

Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela

E ja eng?

It mainly eats small rodents, especially spiny rats.1

Setshwantsho sa Black-headed bushmaster — Black-headed bushmaster. Setshwantsho: Goodshort. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

The top of the head is uniform black.1
Adults frequently grow to 1.9–2 m (6.2–6.6 ft) in total length, including the tail.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.

Dean Ripa, who later bred this snake in captivity, survived four envenomations from bushmaster snakes.1

Fa e loma

Dira gore motho a nne a sa tshikinyege a ritibetse, tshegetsa setho se se lomilweng mo boemong jwa pelo, tlosa direng le dilo tse di tiileng, mme o mo ise bookelong ka bonako.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
Fa e nngwe e go loma: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

Kae mo lefatsheng?

Aforika Asia Yuropa Amerika Bokone Amerika Borwa Australia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 5 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 13 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 75 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Black-headed bushmaster e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

Khudu e ka nna 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Black-headed bushmaster e ka nna 4,8 km/h (3 mph)

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

The largest reported specimen measured 2.4 m (7.9 ft), recorded by Ripa in 2001.1

Its Spanish name cascabel muda means 'silent rattlesnake'.1

Dean Ripa was the first person to breed this snake in captivity, and the snakes he bred were supplied to zoos and research institutions around the world.1

Its eggs take 60 to 80 days to incubate when kept in captivity.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense: Lachesis melanocephala
Setlhopha: Divaepara tsa mesima (pit vipers)
Lelapa: Viperidae2
Lekoko: Squamata
Dikontinente: Amerika Bokone
Masea: It lays eggs (it is oviparous). In captivity, females typically lay clutches of 5 to 19 eggs in a burrow, which incubate for 60 to 80 days.1
Kotsi go batho: 4 / 5: E kotsi thata3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Lachesis melanocephala (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Lachesis melanocephala (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
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