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Caatinga lancehead

Bothrops erythromelas

Malunga negama: The scientific name erythromelas comes from Ancient Greek words meaning "red" and "black", which refers to the snake's colouring.1

SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.

Ii-pit viper

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The Caatinga lancehead is a venomous pitviper that lives only in Brazil. It is found in dry shrubland and thorn forest in the north-east of the country. It is worth knowing about because it is quick to strike when disturbed.1

Sihlala

Brazil: Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe1

uMzantsi Melika

Ekhaya

It lives in the Caatinga, a large ecoregion of north-eastern Brazil made of dry shrubland and thorn forest. It is mainly terrestrial and nocturnal, but it climbs into low vegetation.1

Ubude

85 cm (2,8 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It feeds mainly on rodents and lizards.1

Ifoto ka-Caatinga lancehead — Caatinga lancehead. Ifoto: Rafael M R Serra. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Reddish brown back with a double row of black or dark brown triangular markings1
Dark brown head, with some darker markings on the top and sides1
Yellowish underside speckled with brown, with dark spots on the sides1
Strongly keeled dorsal scales, in 21 rows at midbody1
Moderately large eyes with vertically elliptical pupils1

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.

It is a venomous snake that is highly irritable and can strike violently with minimal provocation.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When approached it tends to hide its head, and it can strike violently if provoked.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-1,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-5 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-110 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Caatinga lancehead 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)

Caatinga lancehead malunga ne-3,3 km/h (2,1 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It is mainly active on the ground at night, though it climbs into low plants.1

Its dorsal scales are strongly keeled and arranged in 21 rows at midbody.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Bothrops erythromelas
Iqela: Ii-pit viper
Usapho: Viperidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: uMzantsi Melika
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Bothrops erythromelas (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Bothrops erythromelas (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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