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Side-striped palm pitviper

Bothriechis lateralis
E tlhoka ngakaGa e bolaye gantsi, mme go lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka.
Divaepara tsa mesima (pit vipers) Go lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi go batho: E masisiGo lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka. Go swa go seoka thata.

The side-striped palm pitviper is a green, tree-dwelling snake that lives in the mountain forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. It is venomous, and its bites can be serious, although deaths are rare. Its green colour helps it blend in among the leaves.1

E tshela kwa
Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama, at 850–980 m altitude1
Amerika Bokone
Gae
Lives in lower montane forest, wet forest and rainforest, mostly in the thick leaves of trees and shrubs. It is often found at the base of palm fronds. It can survive in coffee plantations but seems to be slowly disappearing from them, and it is common in some protected areas.1
Boleele
80 cm (2,6 ft)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
Eats small birds, rodents, lizards and frogs. It uses its prehensile tail to grasp prey as it strikes.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Side-striped palm pitviper
Side-striped palm pitviper. Setshwantsho: Patrick Gijsbers. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Emerald to bluish green body with a series of yellow vertical bars along the back1
  • Yellow iris (the coloured part of the eye)1
  • Relatively slender body with a prehensile tail that can grip branches1
  • Juveniles are usually brown with dark markings on the head and a yellow or chartreuse tail tip1
  • Captive adults tend to turn blue over time1

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 masisiGo lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka. Go swa go seoka thata.

Bites can be serious, but fatalities are rare.1

Dikgang tse di molemo: dingaka di na le molemo (antivenom) kgotsa kalafi ya se.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

It prefers to stay coiled and still, relying on its camouflage, and will strike quickly if touched.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?

AforikaAsiaYuropaAmerika BokoneAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Side-striped palm pitviper e ka nna 80 cm ka boleele (2,6 ft)Katse ya ntlo e ka nna 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntša e ka nna 1 m (3,3 ft)
boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 1,5 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 4 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 100 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Side-striped palm pitviper 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?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

1

Its prehensile tail acts as an anchor when resting and helps it grab prey when it strikes.1

2

Blue specimens are sometimes found in the wild, not only in captivity.1

3

Juveniles are brown, and it takes about 18–24 months for them to change to adult colours.1

4

A polyvalent antivenin that covers this species is produced by the Instituto Clodomiro Picado in Costa Rica.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Bothriechis lateralis
Setlhopha
Divaepara tsa mesima (pit vipers)
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Bokone
Kotsi go batho
3 / 5: E masisi3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Bothriechis lateralis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothriechis lateralis (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. 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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