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Black-headed bushmaster

Lachesis melanocephala

Malunga negama: The scientific name melanocephala refers to the black top of the head.1

SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.

Ii-pit viper

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The black-headed bushmaster is a large pit viper, a type of snake that senses heat with pits on its face. It lives in the rainforests of Costa Rica and Panama, and it is named for the uniform black top of its head.1

Sihlala

Costa Rica and Panama. In Costa Rica it is found on the Pacific side of southeastern Puntarenas province.1

uMntla Melika

Ekhaya

It lives in tropical rainforest, from near sea level up to about 1,500 m (4,900 feet).1

Ubude

1,9 m ukuya ku-2,4 m (6,2 ft ukuya ku-7,9 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-4,8 km/h (3 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It mainly eats small rodents, especially spiny rats.1

Ifoto ka-Black-headed bushmaster — Black-headed bushmaster. Ifoto: Goodshort. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

The top of the head is uniform black.1
Adults frequently grow to 1.9–2 m (6.2–6.6 ft) in total length, including the tail.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

Dean Ripa, who later bred this snake in captivity, survived four envenomations from bushmaster snakes.1

Ukuba siyaluma

Gcina umntu engashukumi kwaye ezolile, gcina ilungu elilunyiweyo kwinqanaba lentliziyo, susa imisesane nezinto eziqinileyo, uze umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-13 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-75 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Black-headed bushmaster mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Ufudo malunga ne-0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Black-headed bushmaster malunga ne-4,8 km/h (3 mph)

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

The largest reported specimen measured 2.4 m (7.9 ft), recorded by Ripa in 2001.1

Its Spanish name cascabel muda means 'silent rattlesnake'.1

Dean Ripa was the first person to breed this snake in captivity, and the snakes he bred were supplied to zoos and research institutions around the world.1

Its eggs take 60 to 80 days to incubate when kept in captivity.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Lachesis melanocephala
Iqela: Ii-pit viper
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: uMntla Melika
Iintsana: It lays eggs (it is oviparous). In captivity, females typically lay clutches of 5 to 19 eggs in a burrow, which incubate for 60 to 80 days.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Lachesis melanocephala (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Lachesis melanocephala (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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