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Hime habu

Ovophis okinavensis
Soxla na doktoorLu néew la mu rey, waaye màtt laaj na doktoor.
Vipère à fossettes Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonMàtt laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

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

Dafay dund ci
Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Amami Islands1
Asi
Kër
It lives in open woodland, forests, mountains and fields, and in farming areas near streams and ponds. It can also be found around human homes. People are most likely to meet it at night on paths or in crop fields during the day.1
Guddaay
30 cm ba 80 cm (1 ft ba 2,6 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It hunts rodents and other vertebrates in open areas, especially sugar cane fields. It sometimes hunts near human homes.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Hime habu
Hime habu. Foto: unknown. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Lu bonMàtt laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

The venom is usually not life-threatening. People should still seek medical attention promptly after a bite.1

Su màttee

  • Seek medical attention promptly after a bite.1
  • 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?

Hime habu 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 110 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Hime habu 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

It can give birth to live young or lay eggs, depending on environmental conditions.1

2

Its venom is weaker than that of many vipers, so no antivenom is made for it.1

3

It is considered a sluggish snake, and people are often bitten when they step on it at night.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: The name Okinawa habu refers to this snake.

Dëgg: The name Okinawa habu usually refers to Hon habu (Protobothrops flavoviridis), a different species.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Ovophis okinavensis
Mbooloo
Vipère à fossettes
Njaboot
Viperidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Asi
Liir yi
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
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Ovophis okinavensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ovophis okinavensis (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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