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Terciopelo

Bothrops asper
Ci turam: Terciopelo is Spanish for 'velvet'.1
Mën a reyBenn ci rab yi gën a rey ci àddina. Su la màttee, woo ndimbal ci saa si.Ndimbal bu gaaw ak sérum antivenimeux dañuy musal lu ëpp ci nit ñi. Woo sa nimerob urgence ci saa si.
Vipère à fossettes Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Mën a reyBenn ci rab yi gën a am musiba ci àddina.

The terciopelo is a large pit viper, one of the biggest vipers in the world. It lives from north-east Mexico through Central America to northern South America. It is important to know because it causes more envenomated snakebites than any other snake in its range.1

Dafay dund ci
North-east Mexico, Central America and northern South America, including Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad1
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar, Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Kër
It likes moist places at low to middle elevations, mostly tropical rainforest and evergreen forest, and it is often found near rivers and streams. It is most often met near people, livestock and pets, where it lives close to homes and farms.1
Guddaay
1,2 m ba 2,5 m (3,9 ft ba 8,2 ft)1
Diisaay
6 kg (13 lb)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It is a generalist that eats a wide range of animals, including rats, mice, frogs, lizards, birds, opossums and insects. It waits in leaf litter or under forest cover to ambush prey that come within range at night.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Terciopelo
Terciopelo. Foto: thibaudaronson. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Broad, flattened head that is clearly set apart from the neck1
  • Light to dark brown, olive, grey or nearly black body1
  • Often a yellowish zig-zag line on each side of the body1
  • Dark triangles with pale edges along the sides of the body1
  • Pale yellow, cream or whitish grey underside with dark blotches1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Bothrops atrox is similar in colour, but it usually has yellow or rust-like tones and rectangular or trapezoidal blotches. The terciopelo is often more uniformly brown or grey, with the zig-zag pattern on its sides.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Mën a reyBenn ci rab yi gën a am musiba ci àddina.

It is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in its range because it is large, has big fangs and a potent venom, and lives close to people. It is responsible for the most envenomated snakebites within its range. Bites usually happen only when the snake is cornered, pursued or threatened.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When cornered or threatened, it may perform an S-shaped coiled display and can be very defensive, sometimes suddenly reversing direction to attack.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?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Terciopelo guddaayam lu tollu ci 2,5 m (8,2 ft)Weloy nit ku mag lu tollu ci 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Ab oto lu tollu ci 4,5 m (15 ft)

Ni mu diise?

diis na ni 1,5 muusu kër
guddu na ni 2,5 xaj, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 14 banaana yu ñu toftalediis na lu tollu ci muusu kërmën na daw 100 meetar ci 86 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Terciopelo 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

Juveniles can lure prey by waving brightly coloured tail tips. Only males have bright tail tips, though both sexes show this behaviour.1

2

It is one of the largest vipers in the world, and it is often called 'the ultimate pit-viper' by herpetologists.1

3

Females are much bigger than males. The two sexes are born the same size, but females grow much faster from about 7 to 12 months of age.1

4

Its home range is small for a pit viper, averaging between about 3.7 and 6 hectares.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: Fer-de-lance is the name of one single snake species.

Dëgg: The name fer-de-lance has been used informally for several Bothrops species, including this one. Herpetologists now prefer the name terciopelo for Bothrops asper.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Bothrops asper
Mbooloo
Vipère à fossettes
Njaboot
Viperidae2
Toftal
Squamata
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar, Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Musiba ci nit
5 / 5: Mën a rey3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Bothrops asper (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bothrops asper (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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