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Slender hognosed pitviper

Porthidium ophryomegas

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 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

Dafay dund ci

Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica1

Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar

Kër

It lives in seasonally dry forests, including tropical dry forests, arid forests, subtropical dry forests, and the drier parts of tropical moist forests.1

Guddaay

40 cm ba 60 cm (1,3 ft ba 2 ft)1

Gaawaay bu gën a kawe

lu tollu ci 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Ci suuf, xalaat

Lan lay lekk?

It eats rodents and lizards. Juveniles feed mostly on lizards, and also on small frogs when they are available.1

Fotoy Slender hognosed pitviper — Slender hognosed pitviper. Foto: Goodshort. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

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

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

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

Fan ci àddina?

Afrig Asi Tugal Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar Amerig gu Bëj-saalum Ostarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

guddu na ni 3 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 110 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Slender hognosed pitviper ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

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

Ni mu gaawe?

Ab mbonaat lu tollu ci 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Slender hognosed pitviper lu tollu ci 3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Ab nit kuy dox lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

baax na xam

Xibaar

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

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

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

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam: Porthidium ophryomegas
Mbooloo: Vipère à fossettes
Njaboot: Viperidae2
Toftal: Squamata
Kontinaa yi: Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Liir yi: It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The young are about 15 cm long.1
Musiba ci nit: 3 / 5: Lu bon3

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