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Slender hognosed pitviper

Porthidium ophryomegas
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 slender hognosed pitviper is a venomous snake from Central America. It lives in seasonally dry forests and usually grows to between 40 and 60 cm long. It strikes hard when threatened, and one death from its bite has been confirmed.1

E tshela kwa
Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica1
Amerika Bokone
Gae
It lives in seasonally dry forests, including tropical dry forests, arid forests, subtropical dry forests, and the drier parts of tropical moist forests.1
Boleele
40 cm go ya go 60 cm (1,3 ft go ya go 2 ft)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
It eats rodents and lizards. Juveniles feed mostly on lizards, and also on small frogs when they are available.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Slender hognosed pitviper
Slender hognosed pitviper. Setshwantsho: Goodshort. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Slender build.1
  • Ground colour is tan, brown, grey or greyish-brown.1
  • A narrow white, yellow or rust-brown stripe runs along the middle of the back.1
  • It has 24 to 40 dark brown to almost black blotches. Each has thin white borders and sits across or alternates along the back stripe.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

This is a venomous pitviper. It is quick to strike, and several cases of serious envenomation have needed hospitalisation.1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E masisiGo lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka. Go swa go seoka thata.

One death was confirmed in August 2022. In a 1979 study of 477 snakebite cases in Costa Rica, three were caused by this snake.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

When threatened, it defends itself vigorously, striking with such force that its body is thrown forwards or even leaves the ground.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?

Slender hognosed pitviper e ka nna 60 cm ka boleele (2 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 dipanana di le 3 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 110 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Slender hognosed 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

The young are born live, at about 15 cm long.1

2

Females grow larger than males. Females are often over 60 cm long, while males are usually about 45 cm.1

3

One exceptional female was reported to measure 77 cm, the longest recorded for this species.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Porthidium ophryomegas
Setlhopha
Divaepara tsa mesima (pit vipers)
Lelapa
Viperidae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Bokone
Masea
It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The young are about 15 cm long.1
Kotsi go batho
3 / 5: E masisi3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Porthidium ophryomegas (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Porthidium ophryomegas (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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