Hime habu
The hime habu is a pit viper, a type of venomous snake. It lives on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Amami Islands. It hunts rodents in open fields, especially sugar cane fields.1

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- Adults are usually 30 to 80 cm long.1
- The body is pale greenish-brown or yellowish-olive, sometimes pale brown.1
- It has alternating darker brownish or greenish blotches, each edged with yellowish scales.1
- The head is large and triangular, clearly wider than the neck, with a narrow dark stripe behind the eye.1
Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: The name Okinawa habu usually refers to a different species, Hon habu (Protobothrops flavoviridis). The mamushi, which is also a local name for this snake in the Amami language, is the common name for the unrelated species Gloydius blomhoffii.1
Maatla a botlhole
Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.
Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?
Like most vipers, its venom is mainly haemotoxin, which affects the blood, along with factors that damage cells. The venom is relatively weak. Because of this, it is usually not life-threatening.1
E kotsi go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: E masisiGo lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka. Go swa go seoka thata.The venom is usually not life-threatening. People should still seek medical attention promptly after a bite.1
Fa e loma
- Seek medical attention promptly after a bite.1
- 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?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 1,5 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatleng
boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 4 di latelana
e ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 110 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)Hime habu 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?
Dintlha
Mosenyi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: The name Okinawa habu refers to this snake.
Nnete: The name Okinawa habu usually refers to Hon habu (Protobothrops flavoviridis), a different species.1
Ya baitseanape ba botlhole
- Leina la saense
- Ovophis okinavensis
- Setlhopha
- Divaepara tsa mesima (pit vipers)
- Lelapa
- Viperidae2
- Lekoko
- Squamata
- Dikontinente
- Asia
- Masea
- The snake is both egg-laying and live-bearing. Depending on conditions, females either lay eggs or keep them inside to give birth to live young.1
- Kotsi go batho
- 3 / 5: E masisi3
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Ovophis okinavensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ovophis okinavensis (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
- Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
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Go loma