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Chaco lancehead

Bothrops diporus
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la màttee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Vipère à fossettes Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

The Chaco lancehead is a venomous viper that lives in forests across parts of South America. It is one of the main causes of snakebite in Argentina, so it is an important snake to recognise. Its bite can be serious, and it should be left alone.1

Dafay dund ci
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia1
Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Kër
It lives in forests. It has been found in the Vermejo River region, on the border between Paraguay and Argentina.1
Guddaay
70 cm ba 80 cm (2,3 ft ba 2,6 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
Its diet is mostly mammals, including rodents, along with frogs and lizards. It has also been seen eating other snakes, including Chironius maculoventris and Epictia albipuncta.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Chaco lancehead
Chaco lancehead. Foto: Tomás Carranza Perales. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Dark pattern made of fused dark triangles on a lighter base colour1
  • Two rounded dark blotches at the base of each triangle1
  • Adults have been seen at around 70 to 80 cm long1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Its pattern is similar to that of Bothrops ayerbei, another viper. The two rounded dark blotches at the base of each triangle are a feature of this species.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

It is one of the main causes of snakebite in Argentina. Between 1960 and 1975, about 80% of the roughly 500 cases reported each year were attributed to this species, according to a 1985 study by Esteso.1

Su màttee

  • Def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu te dal, yemale cër bi ñu màtt ak kawewaayu xol bi, dindi jaaro yi ak lu xat lépp, te yóbbu ko lopitaan ci gaaw.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Chaco lancehead guddaayam lu tollu ci 80 cm (2,6 ft)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ab xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)
guddu na ni 1,5 muusu kër, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 4 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 100 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Chaco lancehead ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

Around 80% of the snakebite cases reported in Argentina in the 1960s and 1970s were linked to this species.1

2

Although it eats mostly mammals, it has been seen eating other snakes, a habit called ophiophagy.1

3

It gives birth to live young, because its eggs hatch inside the mother.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Bothrops diporus
Mbooloo
Vipère à fossettes
Njaboot
Viperidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Liir yi
It reproduces sexually and is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs hatch inside the mother and the young are born live.1
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Bothrops diporus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothrops diporus (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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